The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has
revealed that ninety-five million voters are expected to determine President
Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in the 2023 poll.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, disclosed this at a
function organised by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Washington DC, U.S.
Yakubu, in a keynote address titled “Nigeria 2023: ensuring
credible, peaceful and inclusive elections”, made available to the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, described the 2023 general election as
significant to Nigeria.
“There are 18 political parties in the race to produce the
next President to be elected by 95 million voters. We had over 84 million
registered voters in 2019.
“But with last Continuous Voter Registration(CVR), we are
going to add at least 10 million Nigerians, and that will take the Register of
Voters to 95 million,” Yakubu said.
He said the election was significant as 95 million Nigerians
were expected to vote in 176, 846 polling units.
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