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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that 3,867,997 Nigerians successfully completed the online and physical registration process in the eleventh week of Phase III of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to figures released by the commission on Wednesday, women accounted for the majority of new registrants, with 2,037,589 registrations, representing 52.68 per cent of the total. Male registrants stood at 1,830,408, representing 47.32 per cent.
INEC disclosed that 1,170,134 registrations were completed online, while 2,697,863 were carried out at physical registration centres across the country.
The commission also revealed that youths aged between 18 and 34 dominated the exercise, accounting for 2,602,960 registrants or 67.29 per cent of the total. Those aged 35 to 49 years recorded 843,757…
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