The Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has
said Nigeria may have about 83 million voters after the register has been
cleaned up.
Prof.
Yakubu said this while responding to a delegation from the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS), led by Gen. Francis Behanzin, which was on a
courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Prof. Yakubu, who said conducting general elections in
Nigeria could be likened to conducting an election for the whole of ECOWAS,
informed the delegation that Nigeria currently had 91 registered political
parties, out of which 89 would field candidates for various positions in next
year’s general elections.
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