The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of voters who will cast ballots in the general elections in 2023.
The northwest and southwest received the lion’s share of the 93.4 million eligible voters, according to the electoral umpire.
The voter register was presented to political party leaders at the INEC headquarters in Abuja by the commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, according to The Cable.
Breakdown of the details
Number of registered voters in Nigeria – 93.4 million
Objections to the register – 53,000
North-West geopolitical zone – 22,255,562.
South-West – 17,958,966
North-Central – 15,363,731.
South-South – 14,440,714 registered voters
North-East – 12,542,429
South-East -10,907,606
By gender
Men – 49,054,162 (52.5 per cent)
Female voters – 44,414,846 (47.5 per cent).
By states
Lagos – 7,060,195
Kano – 5,921,370
Kaduna – 4,335,208.
Abia – 2,120,808
Adamawa – 2,196,566
Akwa-Ibom – 2,357,418
Anambra – 2,656,437
Bauchi – 2,749,268
Bayelsa – 1,056,862
Benue – 2,777,727
Borno – 2,513,281
Cross River – 1,766,466
Delta – 3,221,697
Ebonyi – 1,597,646
Edo – 2,501,081
Ekiti – 987,647
Enugu – 2,112,793
FCT – 1,570,307
Gombe – 1,575,794
Imo – 2,419,922.
Jigawa – 2,351,298
Katsina – 3,516,719
Kebbi – 2,032,041
Kogi – 1,932,654
Kwara – 1,695,927
Nasarawa – 1,899,244
Niger – 2,698,344
Ogun – 2,688,305
Ondo – 1,991,344
Osun – 1,954,800
Oyo – 3,276,675
Plateau – 2,789,528
Rivers – 3,537,190
Sokoto – 2,172,056
Taraba – 2,022,374
Yobe – 1,485,146
Zamfara – 1,926,870.
Registered youths (18-34) – 37,060,399
Middle aged (35-49) – 33,413,591
Elderly (50-69) – 17,700,270;
Old (70+) – 5,294,748.