INEC releases list of 93.4 million voters for 2023 elections

By Bintu Jidda
Kanempress
12th January 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says 93,469,008 voters are in the register for the 2022 general elections.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, in a meeting with 18 political parties in Abuja on Wednesday, said that 44,414,846 registered voters are females and 49,054,162 are males.

Of the total registered voters, the number of young people between 18 and 34 stood at 37,060,399, representing 39.65% of the total registered voters.

Yakubu said the elderly between the ages of 50 and 69 stood at 17,700,270, representing 18.94% of total registered voters.

According to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, every other arrangement is in place including the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).

Yakubu said with the presentation of the voter register; the electoral commission has successfully achieved 11 out of its 14 activities scheduled for the 2023 general elections.

He said the INEC is not considering postponing the forthcoming election.