Anambra State’s Continuous Voter Registration campaign has been extended, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC also revealed that it has received five more letters of intent from organizations hoping to register as political parties in a statement released Thursday by Sam Olumekun, its National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee.
According to the Commission, as of July 16, 96,085 new voters had been successfully registered in just nine days, or more than 10,600 registrations every day on average.
“The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 17th July, 2025″ INEC said. ” 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 promised to update the public on all of its ongoing initiatives. The statement also stated that the Commission will use the Automated Biometric Identification System to further clean up the data after displaying the register for citizen claims and objections as required by law.
“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.”
