The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that over seven million Nigerians who carried out their voter pre-registration online failed to complete the process at physical centres.
INEC revealed this as the continuous voter registration exercise (CVR) ended on Sunday, August 2nd.
According to the report, 10,487,972 Nigerians carried out their pre-registration online.
Out of this number, only 3,444,378 Nigerians representing 32.8 percent, completed the process at a physical centre.
And out of the 10,487,972 Nigerians carried out their pre-registration online, 7,043,594 persons who began their registration process online, are not eligible to receive a voter card before the 2023 general election and will therefore not be able to vote.
Though INEC said a total of 12,298,944 Nigerians completed their voter registration, 8,854,566 of that number are individuals who carried out all their registration process at a physical centre.
