By Ayyuba Haruna, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that 752,011 Nigerians have been registered in the continuous online pre-registration of voters in three weeks.
This was disclosed in a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education of the commission, Barrister Festus Okoye, on Monday in Abuja.
According to his statement, “Out of this figure, 562,254 (74.7%) are youths between the ages of 18 and 34, In terms of gender, 493,128 are male while 369,188 are female registrants."
The Commissioner stated that, Detail on the distribution of registrants by State/FCT, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded on the commission’s website and social media platforms.
The Commission reiterated it’s earlier decision that because of the declaration of Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July 2021 as public holidays by the Federal Government, the commencement of physical registration is now rescheduled to Monday 26th July 2021.
Online pre-registrants who booked for appointment to complete their registration physically between Monday 19th and Friday 23rd July 2021 will be notified within the next few days of the new dates for their appointments.
Mr Okoye also assured to all Nigerians that every eligible citizen willing to register as a voter will have the opportunity to do so before the expiration of the dateline given for the exercise.
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