The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 4.4 million Nigerians have now pre-registered online for their voter’s card in four weeks. This is even as the continuous voter registration (CVR), which commenced on 18th August 2025, continues nationwide.

According to the statement released by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, the figure as of Sunday, 14th September 2025, has seen a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians pre-registered online. Out of the figure, 2,141,294 (48.17%) are male, while females make up 2,304,211 (51.83%). 

In addition, INEC revealed that young people continue to lead in the online pre-registration as 2,924,643 youths (aged 18-34) have now registered in four weeks, representing a 65.79% share. Following is the middle-aged group (35-49) with 1,020,226 (22.95%), while the elderly (aged 50-69) saw a share of 10.04% with 446,426 registrations. The Old (70+) recorded the list with 54,210 (1.22%).

In terms of occupational distribution, the INEC statement revealed that students saw the highest with 1,112,344 registrations, a 25.02% share. The business group followed with 985,919 registrations with a share of 22.18%, followed by 580,587 (13.06%) from the Farming/Fishing group. 

Others in the occupational session are:

• Housewife: 525,161 (11.81%)
• Trading: 372,456 (8.38%)
• Artisan: 311,083 (7%)
• Civil Servant: 116,025 (2.61%)
• Public Servant: 70,807 (1.59%)
• Others: 371,123 (8.35%)

A total of 92,593 registrations, representing 2.08% of total online pre-registration for 4 weeks, were attributed to persons with disability (PWD). In further breakdown, special persons with albinism and physical impairment recorded the highest quota with 8,703 (9.4%) and 8,204 (8.7%) respectively.

INEC had earlier announced that online voter pre-registration in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, ends on Monday, September 15th. The process is to enable all pre-registrants to complete their registration at the designated physical (in-person) centres. Without the physical registration, the online option alone is invalid.

Notably, the voter registration in the FCT will be suspended on 8th October 2025. This is in line with the provision of Section 9(6) of the Electoral Act 2022, which requires the Commission to end the process not later than 90 days before the date fixed for elections.

According to INEC, the FCT Area Council election is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 21st February 2026.

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Online pre-registration: INEC’s state-by-state breakdown

The online pre-registration statistics for the four weeks on a state-by-state basis revealed that Osun State maintains the lead, recording the highest registration of 552,045 (12.42%). Lagos followed closely with 488,523 (10.99%) and Borno with 439,426 (9.88%). Others in the first five are Ogun: 396,799 (8.93%) and Kebbi: 287,059 (6.46%).

At the other end of the table, Enugu recorded the lowest number of online pre-registration with just 1,839 registrations (0.04%), followed by Abia with 3,532 (0.08%). Others in the bottom five are Edo: 8,615 (0.19%), Ondo: 10,781 (0.24%) and Adamawa: 12,474 (0.28%).

Recall that aside from the online pre-registration, INEC is also exercising the physical registration across all local government and state offices nationwide. Without the physical registration, online registration remains invalid.

While the physical registration is in its third week, data released by INEC shows that 509,929 Nigerians have completed both online and physical registration as of Sunday, 14th September. In this, 229,758 (45.06%) are males, while 280,171 (54.94%) are females.

As the online registration ends in December 2025, the physical registration will end in August 2026. Nigerians can visit INEC’s registration portal to pre-register online. 

The commission has previously revealed that Anambra state was excluded from both the online and physical registration due to its forthcoming election. The Anambra State 2025 Gubernatorial Election is scheduled to hold on 8th November 2025.

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