The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),  has extended voters’ registration for Edo and Ondo states respectively following a meeting with stakeholders. The exercise was earlier slated to end on the 5th of June.

But a statement by the commission on Tuesday said the date has been extended from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th, June 2024, this time from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm daily.

INEC also said the number of centres has been increased from the original 397 wards. The two states’ offices in Benin City and Akure respectively and all the 36 Local Government offices of the commission are now included.

The statement said inter alia: “More machines will also be deployed to areas identified to have peculiar needs such as difficult terrain or communal issues.

“As of Monday, 3rd June 2024, eight days after the commencement of the CVR, a cumulative of 120, 1458 new voters have registered. Of this figure, 55, 861 (46.4%) are male, while 120, 458 (53.6%) are female.”

The statement said that the majority of the 82, 003 registered voters, representing 68.8 per cent, are youth between the ages of 18-34 years.

Further breakdown shows that 43, 419 or 36.8 per cent are students, while 812, 0.67 per cent, are persons with disability.