The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nasarawa State, says 35,013 persons have so far registered during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the state.
Dr Shehu Wahab, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, stated this during a news conference on Monday in Lafia.
The online registration for CVR exercise commenced on August 18, while the physical registration started on August 25.
He said that the first quarter of the CVR exercise, which lasted for four weeks, would end on December 10.
The REC explained that out of the number of new applicants, 16,122, representing 46.5 per cent, are male, while 891, representing 53. 9 per cent are female.
Wahab further said that 317 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) also participated in the ongoing CVR in the state.
He noted that 16,941 persons applied for transfers, 9,212 updated their information and 119 applied for replacement of damaged cards, respectively.
“These figures are provisional because we will soon undertake the automated biometric identification system clean-up process to identify and remove all invalid registrations.
“This is including multiple registrations, to enable us come up with a credible and clean register of voters.
“The voter register for the state is still 1,899,244 while 1,847,752 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected.
“At the end of the CRV and clean-up exercise, we will display the preliminary register of voters for claims and objections with a view to updating and producing an authentic voter register for the state,” he explained.
Wahab further said that the commission would resume the second phase of the CVR on January 5, 2026.
He added that the move aimed at ensuring that every eligible resident in the state is registered ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The REC, who however, decried poor turnout for the CVR, called on eligible residents of state to register in order to vote during the next general polls.