By David Onimisi Lawani
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it has recorded over 1 million registrants in the ongoing online registration for eligible voters declaring that the harvest is as a result of the need to keep a close tab on the weekly updates to ensure more Nigerians are duly registered.

Festus Okoye, National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee made this disclosure in a press release stating that the online pre-registration of voters has now entered its 7th week

He said to keep Nigerians informed about the progress of the exercise, the Commission has been publishing weekly updates, noting ” From last week, the update combines both the completed online pre-registration and the in-person registration statistics.

” As of today Monday 9th August 2021, the number of online fresh registrants is now 1,609,981 while 195,591* citizens have completed their physical registration.

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” The detailed distribution of the registrants by State/FCT, gender, occupation, disability and type of registration has been uploaded on the Commission’s website and social media platforms.

He however said the Commission appeals to all eligible citizens to seize the opportunity of both the online and in-person processes to register as voters