68.8m eligible to vote, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday listed 68.8 million people as eligible to vote in next month’s general elections.

The presidential and national assembly elections will hold on February 14 to be followed by the governorship and state assemblies’ elections on February 28.

The number of voters is about five million less than the 2011 figures of 73.5million. About 30.8 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected. They can still be picked up till end of the month, INEC said.

Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, spoke yesterday as the agency unfolded the statistics for the elections.