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2023: REGISTERED VOTERS NOW 93.5M – INEC

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, announced that the voter register had swollen up to 93.5m.

 Analysis of the preliminary register reveals that Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina and Oyo states have the highest number of registered voters.

 A breakdown indicates that Lagos has  7.57 per cent; Kano, 6.34 per cent; Kaduna, 4.65 per cent; Rivers, 3.77 per cent; Katsina, 3.76 per cent and Oyo 3.51 per cent.

 The breakdown indicates  that voters in the six states constitute 27.68 million  or 29.59 per cent of the entire registered voters.

 

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