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On Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the final register of voters for the 2023 general election, which stands at 93,469,008.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu released the final voters register at a meeting with Chairmen and Secretaries of political parties, 44 days before the elections.
Of the 93,469,008 registered voters, 49,054,162 (52.5%) are male while 44,414,846 (47.5%) are female.
The distribution by age group shows that 37,060,399 (39.65%) are youth between the ages of 18 and 34; 33,413,591 (35.75%) are middle-aged persons between the ages of 35 and 49; 17,700,270 (18.94%) are elderly voters between the ages of 50 and 69 while 5,294,748 (5.66%) are senior citizens aged 70 and above.
The age distribution shows that 70,473,990 young people make up the voters register as against 22,995,018 elderly.
According to the figures released by INEC, in terms of occupational distribution, students constitute the largest category with 26,027,481 (27.8%) of all voters, followed by 14,742,554 (15.8%) Farmers/Fishermen and 13,006,939 (13.9%) housewives.
The data on disability captured a cumulative figure of 85,362, indicating that there are 21,150 (24.5%) persons with Albinism; 13,387 (15.7%) with physical impediments and 8,103 (9.5%) are blind.
TNG reports Nigeria goes into the 2023 election with Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, as the toast of Nigerian youths.
Peter Obi is contesting against Bola Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).