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A complete of 269,992 new voters have been registered by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Edo and Ondo states on the finish of the Steady Voter Registration (CVR) which ended on Sunday June 9, 2024.
INEC Nationwide Commissioner and Chairman of its Info and Voter Training Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in an announcement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
Olumekun mentioned out of the determine, 129,246 representing 47.87% have been male, 140,756 or 52.13% have been feminine; he added that the youths shaped the bulk registered voters with 182,541 representing 67.61% of individuals between ages 18-34 years; 95,463 or 35.36% have been college students whereas 1,588 representing 0.59% have been Individuals with Incapacity (PWDs).
He additionally mentioned there have been 24,454 requests for alternative of Everlasting Voter’s Playing cards (PVCs), 74,493 purposes for voter switch and eight,314 for info updates.
The INEC Nationwide Commissioner mentioned, the following step as supplied by Part 19 of the Electoral Act 2022 is the show of the register for claims and objections by residents for a interval of seven days (one week) starting from Wednesday June 12, 2024.
He mentioned the show will happen in all of the 395 Wards throughout the 2 states and the register can even be obtainable on our web site: https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/register.
Olumekun mentioned, “The aim of the show is for the general public to determine any ineligible individuals on the register, draw the Fee’s consideration to it and file an objection to the looks of the identify on the register by finishing Kinds EC2 and EC3 obtainable from our officers in all of the centres.
“The Kinds may also be downloaded from our web site – https://inecnigeria.org/?page_id=13655 – and handed over to our officers as supplied in Part 9(4) of the Electoral Act 2022.
“Moreover, recent registrants and candidates for switch, correction of private particulars and alternative of misplaced or broken PVCs can draw the Fee’s consideration to errors or unsuitable entries for additional motion.
“On the finish of the interval for claims and objections, the Fee will additional clear up the register utilizing the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) earlier than the checklist of recent voters is added to the prevailing register for the 2 States.
“As soon as once more, the Fee needs to emphasize that these are preliminary figures. The ultimate figures will probably be printed on State by State foundation after the interval for claims/objections and ABIS. The date for the graduation of assortment of recent PVCs will probably be introduced thereafter.
“The Fee appeals to the general public to grab the chance of the show of the register to assist us clear it up as supplied by regulation.”