Over one million Nigerians have been added to the nation’s voter register, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.

The number of fresh online pre-registrants is 3,165,189 while 1,457,766 have applied for voter transfer, replacement of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and update of information records.

National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement announcing the end of the first quarter of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).

He said youths between the ages of 18 and 34 constituted the majority, with 771,770 (71.33 per cent) having completed registration.

In terms of occupation, students formed the largest category with 439,608 (40.63 per cent). In gender distribution, 555,872 (51.38 per cent) were male and 526,075 (48.62 per cent) female.

He said the second quarter of the exercise would begin October 4, 2021, and end December 20, 2021.

He said: “As provided by Section 19 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Commission is mandated to publish the register of voters for a period of not less than five days and not more than 14 days for public scrutiny during which citizens may make claims and objections.

“In compliance with the law, the register of new voters will be displayed in the local government offices of the Commission nationwide from September 24 to 30, 2021.