2023: 93.4m People To Vote - INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there are 93.4 million registered voters in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 election.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu announced this on Wednesday during a meeting with political parties at the commission's headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu presented the voters' register to the political parties at the meeting in accordance with the electoral act.
According to him, the voters' register now has 93,469,008 registered Nigerians eligible to vote in the upcoming elections.
According to Yakubu, Lagos has 7,060,195 voters, Kano has 5,921,370, and Kaduna has 4,335,208.
By gender distribution, the number of male voters stands at 49,054,162, while female voters stand at 44,414,846.
Also, youths aged 18 to 34 make up the majority by age with a figure of 37,060,399, representing 39.66 per cent of the voters.