INEC Says Lagos, Kano Top Highest States Of Eligible Voters
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Ayodele Folabi, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the total number of eligible voters in each Six Geopolitical Zone in Nigeria.
The breakdown of the figure showed that the South East has: Abia 1,481,191, Anambra 1,758,220, Enugu 1,301,185, Imo 1,611,715 and Ebonyi 876,249, TOTAL = 7,028,560.
On the other hand, the South West eligible voters are: Lagos 6,247,845, Ogun 1,869,326, Osun 1,293,967, Ondo 1,558,975, Ekiti 750,753 and Oyo 2,577,490, TOTAL=14,298,356.
As for the South South the figures released by INEC showed that: Edo has 1,412;225, Delta 1,900,055, Bayelsa 472,389, Akwa Ibom 1,714,781, Rivers 2,419,057, C/Rivers 1,018,550, TOTAL 8,937,057.
For the North Central states, the figure are: Benue 1,415,162, Kogi 1,215,405, Kwara 1,115,665, Nassarawa 1,224,206, Niger 721,478, Plateau 1,983,453, TOTAL 7,675,369.
The North East has the following: Adamawa 1,714,860, Bauchi 1,835,562, Borno 2,730,368, Gombe 1,266,993, Taraba 1,308,106, Yobe 1,182,230, TOTAL 10,038,119.
Where as, the figure for the North West is as follows: Jigawa 1,852,698, Kano 5,135,415, Katsina 2,931,668, Kaduna 3,565,762, Kebbi 1,603,468, Sokoto 2,065,508 and Zamfara 1,746,024, TOTAL 18,900,543.
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