Moses Ofodeme
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issues an update for the online voter registration.
In continuation of its weekly update on the ongoing nationwide voter registration, the Commission said it has published the data at the end of the third week of the online pre-registration and second week of the physical (in-person) option.
According to the update, as at Sunday 7th September 2025, a total of 3,544,850 Nigerians have now pre-registered online in three weeks since the commencement of the exercise on 18th August 2025.
The figure at the end of Week Three shows that 1,709,933 (48.24%) are male and 1,834,917 (51.76%) are female. In terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,291,809 (64.65%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 882,441 (24.89%) are students.
From this week, the Commission will be presenting the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration in a single graphic.
The cumulative figure since the physical (in-person) registration commenced on 25th August 2025 is 288,614 as of Thursday, 4th September 2025 of which 132,634 (45.96%) are male and 155,980 (54.04%) are female. In terms of age and occupation, 215,414 (74.64%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 114,150 (39.55%) are students.
The distribution of both online and completed registrations by State, gender, age, occupation and disability have been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information.
The Commission appreciated the positive response of citizens and organisations that have mobilised civic participation for the exercise.
“However, we wish to reiterate that voter registration is only open to citizens who are 18 years or older at the time of registration. It is illegal for anyone to encourage underage registration or those below 18 years of age to register in anticipation that they will attain the legal age of voting by the time the general election holds in 2027.” it said.