…Lagos leads with 7.06m voters, Kano 5.9m, Kaduna 4.3m
…INEC presents voters’ register to political parties
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that about 93.4 million registered voters in Nigeria will participate in the forthcoming general elections.
Yakubu stated this on Wednesday during a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
At the meeting, Yakubu presented the voters’ register to the political parties in accordance with the electoral act.
The INEC boss also stated that the voters’ register now contains 93,469,008 registered Nigerians eligible to vote in the forthcoming elections.
According to Yakubu, Lagos leads with 7,060,195 voters, followed by Kano with 5,921,370, and Kaduna with 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 percent of the voters.
According to occupation, students lead with 26,027,481 voters.
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