INEC: Continuous Voter Registration

4.45m Nigerians Register In One Month As Osun, Lagos, Borno Take Lead In Exercise

The electoral umpire the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says over 4.45 million Nigerians have pre-registered online in the first month of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR exercise.

In a Statement by INEC as signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, the exercise which commenced on August 18, 2025 and now in its fifth week indicated that Osun, Lagos and Borno States are taking the lead in the registration exercise. 

The breakdown shows that women constituted 51.83 per cent of registrants while men accounted for 48.17 per cent.

Young people between ages 18 and 34 years make up the majority with 2,924,643.

By occupation, students represented the single largest bloc with 1,112,344.

Osun State led the register with 552,045, followed closely by Lagos with 488,523 and Borno with 439,426.

Other top-performing states include Ogun (396,799), Kebbi (287,059), Kaduna (240,357), Kogi (218,397), Federal Capital Territory (213,732) and Yobe (212,840).

At the lower end, Adamawa (12,474), Enugu (1,839), Edo (8,615), Abia (3,532), and Ebonyi (4,024) posted some of the weakest numbers.

While over 4.4 million Nigerians have begun the process online, Olumekun clarified that only 509,929 registrations have been fully completed.

He said this is combining both online pre-registration and in-person capture.

Of this number, he disclosed that 280,171 are female and 229,758 are male.

Olumekun also noted that the on-line voter pre-registration in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT ends Monday September 15, 2025 and for the next two weeks the physical (in-person) option would be at the designated venues.

 Thereafter, the commission would devolve the registration to all the 62 Wards in the FCT from September 29 to October 8, 2025.