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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it received over 200,000 applications in one week on the online portal for the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise.

The commission, on June 28, launched an online portal where citizens can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres across the country.

Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, in a statement on Tuesday, says 203,497 eligible Nigerians applied for the pre-registration exercise.

“As at 7am yesterday, 5th July 2021, one week after the commencement of the exercise, 203,497 eligible Nigerians have completed the online pre-registration as fresh voters,” he said.

“The figure rises to 259,713 if applications for voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), update of voter information record, etc., are included.

“For emphasis, the physical or in-person registration is scheduled to commence in all our State and Local Government offices nationwide on Monday 19th July 2021. Eligible Nigerians who wish to register physically and those who have scheduled their appointments to complete their online pre-registration will have the opportunity to do so.

“Both online pre-registration and the physical registration will go on simultaneously throughout the duration of the CVR. Further details of the schedule of activities and locations for the physical exercise will be made available next week.”