Voters’ Registration: Poor turnout in South East sparks concern
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday announced that over 3.5 million Nigerians have completed online pre-registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration exercise.
Societywatch reported that the update was provided in a press release issued on Monday by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee.
“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 statement read.
A breakdown of the figures according to state showed that Osun recorded the highest number of online pre-registrants with 518,635. Lagos followed with 440,647, Ogun with 348,217, and Borno with 296,409.
Kebbi recorded 193,781, while Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) accounted for 187,480 and 180,260, respectively.
Yobe had 173,731, followed by Kogi with 166,010, Oyo with 160,652, and Kwara with 78,245. Ekiti followed with 74,423, Kano with 66,091, Delta with 62,192, and Imo with 61,341.
Sokoto recorded 54,084, Jigawa 48,285, Bauchi 46,504, Katsina 47,220, and Niger 62,819. Zamfara followed with 32,784, Plateau with 32,000, and Akwa Ibom with 31,081.
Cross River had 22,938, Benue 20,786, Rivers 19,294, and Gombe 18,630. Taraba registered 17,324, Bayelsa 13,374, and Ondo 9,033.
Adamawa recorded 8,849, Edo 7,893, Abia 2,629, Ebonyi 1,616, and Enugu the lowest with 1,203.
