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Students Top List As INEC Clears 4.6m Voters For Edo, Ondo Gov’ship Polls

by James Kwen
12 months ago
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A total 4,682,086 voters have been cleared to participate in the September 21 and November 16 Edo and Ondo states governorship polls with the students population highest in both states.

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This is as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the final register of voters for the off-cycle governorship elections in both states.

A statement on Tuesday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, showed that out of the total voters, Edo State has a total of 2,629,025 registered voters while that of Ondo stood at 2,053,061.

Olumekun explained that the register integrated new voters from the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as well as the figures of successful applicants for transfer from other states of the Federation to the two states.

He added that the Commission will release the timetable for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the two states in the next few days.

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The collection will include all categories of voters comprising new registrants from the last CVR, voters that applied for transfers, replacements and uncollected cards from previous registrations.

“The Commission met today, Tuesday 6th August 2024, and approved the final register of voters for the Edo and Ondo Governorship elections.

“Edo State now has 2,629,025 registered voters. Of this figure, 1,370,061 (52.11%) are male while 1,258,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 983,133 (37.4%), followed by 914,806 middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,897,939 (72.2%) of registered voters in the State.

“In terms of occupation, 868,764 students constitute the majority of voters (33.05%). There are 4,199 (0.16%) Persons with Disability (PWDs). The new register represents 4.9% increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 2,501,081.

“Ondo State now has 2,053,061 registered voters. Of this figure, 1,034,006 (50.36%) are male while 1,034,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 726,944 (35.41%), followed by 721,982 (35.17%) middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,448,926 (70.57%) of registered voters in the State.

“In terms of occupation, 694,938 students constitute the majority of voters (33.85%). There are 1,782 (0.09%) Persons with Disability (PWDs). The new register represents a 3.0% increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 1,191,344.

“The detailed breakdown of the register for each State by Local Government Areas, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information,” Olumekun stated.


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