2023 polls: Osun tops INEC’s Continuous Voters Registration

The periodic update by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows that Osun State, the home state of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, tops in the continuous voters registration going on across the country. Osun State has the highest number of people that have completed the online continuous voters registration than other states.

The data of completed registration online released by the INEC as at January 31, 2022, indicated that total figure of CVR is 2,805,089. The detailed data shows Osun State has the highest figure of 234,627. The CVR figures across the states are as follows:

Osun 234,627

Anambra 139,094

Delta 157,360

Lagos 59,496

Rivers 136,794

Bayelsa 147,347

Akwa Ibom 97,576

Cross River 67,936

Edo 59,039

Ebonyi 62,580

Imo 20,484

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Enugu 28,922

Abia 54,940

Ogun 45,738

Ondo 42,823

Oyo 88,611

Ekiti 47,267

Kwara 89,686

Niger 74,530

Kogi 90,991

FCT 42,986

Nasarawa 52,462

Benue 51,751

Plateau 48,436

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Taraba 43,761

Adamawa 67,542

Gombe 48,608

Bauchi 86,957

Yobe 30,854

Borno 57,367

Jigawa 70,228

Katsina 62,972

Kano 141,287

Kaduna 58,930

Zamfara 34,422

Kebbi 70,498

Sokoto 90,187

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Osun State also has the highest figure of Online Voter Registration as at January 31, 2022, which according to INEC, the total is 5,353,744 across the 36 states of the federation, including the FCT. Osun has the highest figure of 590,910. The figure, according to INEC, represents pre registration statistics by states, fresh registrations only.

The comprehensive figures across the states are as follows:

Osun 590,910

Edo 246,167

Ondo 77,159

Ogun 80,560

Ekiti 85,391

Lagos 175,538

Oyo 133,874

Delta 391,609

Bayelsa 320,532

Rivers 177,073

Akwa Ibom 112,398

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Cross River 74,132

Benue 59,878

Taraba 140,301

Nasarawa 79,714

Plateau 136,420

FCT 186,550

Niger 73,362

Kwara 171,290

Enugu 38,772

Ebonyi 79,808

Anambra 124,767

Abia 36,635

Imo 43,150

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Bauchi 105,708

Gombe 117,220

Adamawa 91,259

Borno 241,324

Yobe 35,111

Jigawa 149,989

Kano 249,051

Kaduna 185,292

Katsina 55,384

Zamfara 98,799

Sokoto 145,838

Kebbi 37,214

INEC has been providing periodic information on the preparations for the 2023 general elections in its commitment to ensure transparent elections. The commission has also been holding consultative meetings with relevant stakeholders in the different zones.

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