The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it is extending the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in Anambra State.
The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, released a a statement on Thursday to this effect. He revealed that INEC has received five additional letters of intent from groups aspiring to register as political parties.
INEC disclosed that as of July 16, a total of 96,085 new voters had been successfully registered within nine days, averaging over 10,600 registrations per day.
INEC’s statement reads: “The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 17th July 2025. Among other issues, the meeting reviewed the ongoing preparation for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State and further update on applications for registration by new political parties.
“The Commission is pleased with the turnout of registrants in Anambra State and the peaceful conduct of the CVR in all the 326 registration centres in the State. As of yesterday, Wednesday 16th July 2025, 96,085 new voters have successfully registered in nine days. On average, the Commission registered over 10,600 voters per day.
“In addition, 12,595 voters applied for transfer of their registration both within and outside the State, while 7,061 persons applied for the update of their records or the replacement of their damaged or lost Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
“The CVR in Anambra State ends today. However, in response to appeals from citizens, the Commission hereby extends the exercise for three more days. It will now end on Sunday, 20th July 2025.”
The commission emphasised it will keep citizens informed about all its ongoing activities.
“Thereafter, the Commission will display the register for claims and objections by citizens as provided by law, followed by a further clean-up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System.
“Subsequently, the detailed breakdown of the new registrants by age, gender, occupation and disability will be published for public information. At this preliminary stage, 56,017 (58%) of new registrants are female, while 50,429 (52.48%) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34.
“Meanwhile, the commission has received five more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties. This brings the number received so far to 134.
“The details of the new associations, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses and interim leaderships are published on our website and other platforms for public information,” the statement added.
