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Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has published the data of its weekly update on the ongoing nationwide voter registration.
According to a statement issued by the Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, as of Sunday, 7th September 2025, a total of 3,544,850 Nigerians have pre-registered online in three weeks since the commencement of the exercise on 18th August 2025.
He said the figure at the end of Week Three showed that 1,709,933 (48.24%) are male and 1,834,917 (51.76%) are female.
In terms of age and occupation, the majority, 2,291,809 (64.65%), are between the ages of 18 and 34, while 882,441 (24.89%) are students.
Completed Registration
He stated that from this week, the Commission would be presenting the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration in a single graphic.
“The cumulative figure since the physical (in-person) registration commenced on 25th August 2025 is 288,614 as of Thursday, 4th September 2025, of which 132,634 (45.96%) are male and 155,980 (54.04%) are female. In terms of age and occupation, 215,414 (74.64%) are between the ages of 18 and 34, while 114,150 (39.55%) are students,” he said.
Detailed Breakdown
“The distribution of both online and completed registrations by state, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information,” the commissioner informed.
He said that the Commission appreciates the positive response of citizens and organisations that have mobilised civic participation for the exercise.
The National Commissioner reiterated that voter registration was only open to citizens who are 18 years or older at the time of registration and that it was illegal for anyone to encourage underage registration or those below 18 years of age to register in anticipation that they will attain the legal age of voting by the time the general election is held in 2027.