INEC: Over two million voters registered for Ondo governorship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2.053 million voters have been registered to participate in the Ondo governorship election scheduled for November 16.

Addressing journalists in the state on Sunday, Oluwatoyin Babalola, INEC resident electoral commissioner, said the registration process was inclusive, transparent, and accessible to all eligible citizens, including marginalised groups.

“INEC has concluded the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, which saw a significant increase in registered voters across the state,” she said.

“After the successful conclusion of the exercise, 58,708 new voters were registered. In addition, 3,132 voters transferred their registration into Ondo state while 123 voters transferred their registration out of Ondo state.

“The harmonised total number of new registered voters with the old registered voters is now 2.053 million.

“So, it is well established that the registration exercise was inclusive, transparent, and accessible to all eligible citizens, including marginalised groups such as women, youth, and persons with Disabilities ( PWDs).”

Giving a breakdown of the registered voters, Babalola said 1.034 million are male (50.36 percent), while 1.019 million are female (49.64 percent).

She said 726,944 (35.41 percent) are youths and 721,982 (35.17 percent) are middle-aged.

The REC said a high percentage of the non-sensitive election materials “have been received and deployed to the 18 local government offices, where they are batched to RAs and PUs levels”.

She said the commission will soon commence the distribution of PVCs, urging all registered voters to collect their PVCs.

Babalola said the commission will simplify the collection process and establish PVC collection centres in all registration areas (RA) and the LGAs for ease of access.