The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that voter distribution for the 2023 general election revealed that 44,414,846 registered voters are females, while 49,054,162 are males.
The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this disclosure during a meeting with leaders of political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu, during the meeting, presented the 2023 voter register to the leadership of the 18 political parties ahead of the elections as required by the 2022 Electoral Act.
The commission had presented a register containing 93,469,008 voters for the 2023 general election.
Of the total registered voters, the number of young people between the ages of 18 and 34 stood at 37,060,399, representing 39.65percent of total registered voters while the elderly between the ages of 50 and 69 stood at 17,700,270, representing 18.94percent of total registered voters.
Meanwhile, the commission has dismissed speculations on the postponement of the 2023 general election.
The commission restated its commitment to hold the forthcoming general election as scheduled.
Yakubu said the commission is not contemplating postponing the general election in February and March this year.
He said, “The commission is not contemplating any adjustment to the election timetable let alone postponement to the general election. The repeated assurance by security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel and process also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled. Any report to the country is not the official position of the commission,” he said.