…urges Nigerians to ignore insinuations about polls cancellation, postpone
Independent National Electoral Commission says 93,469,008 registered voters, comprising 49,054,162 males and 44,414,846 females are eligible to vote in the February general elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with the 18 registered political parties.
He also used the occasion to clarify that there is no plan to shift, postpone or cancel the elections and other schedules of activities, urging Nigerians to ignore such insinuations.
Yakubu said 49,054,162 male and 44,414,846 female, will vote in the February 2023 polls to elect the president, governors, National and state Assembly members.
According to a breakdown of the figure, males constitute 52.5 per cent, while the females make up 47.5 per cent of the total figure.
The statistics further informed that Lagos State has 7,060,195 registered voters to top the list, with Kano State next with 5,921,370 and Ekiti State was the least with 987,647 registered voters.