The final list of registered voters to cast their ballots in the 2023 general elections released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, shows that Nigerian youths, farmers and fishermen, make up a large percentage of eligible voters.
According to the list released by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu at the INEC headquarters in Abuja, out of a cumulative total of 93,469,008 registered voters, 37,060,399 or 39.65% are youths between the ages of 18 and 34.
This constitutes the largest category, with students at 26,027,481 or 27.8%, making up all registered voters, while 14,742,554, registered voters are farmers and fishermen, making up 15.8%, with 13,006,939 or 13.9%, being housewives.
According to the figures released by the commission, the North-West geopolitical zone once again, tops the list of highest number of registered voters with 22,255,562, which shows an increase of over 2 million voters from the 2019 elections where the North-West had 20.15m voters
