KEY NUMBERS: REAPING OR RIGGING THE NIGERIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS

A.

N189,207,544,893: Total sum approved for the conduct of the 2019 general election

84,004,084: Number of registered voters for the 2019 general elections. 67,422,005 registered to vote in 2015 elections.

119,973: The number of polling unit across the country where election will hold.

8,809: Number of wards where the results will be collated.

B.

20,158,100: Number of registered voters in the North-West (comprised of … ) which is recognised as the highest.

16,292,212: Number of registered voters.in the South-West zone comprising Ekiti, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun, and Oyo states.

13,366,070: Number of registered voters in the North-Central states (Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Abuja, Plateau, Benue)

12,841,279: Number of registered voters in the South-South state;

11,289, 293: Number of registered voters in the North East.

10,057,130: Number of registered voters in the South-East States (Abia, Anmabra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo) representing the lowest number of registered voters by zones.

C.

Lagos has 6,048,156 registered voters, while Kano comes second with 5,149,070 voters.

With a total of 754,394, Bayelsa has the lowest number of registered voters. It is lower than the numbers connected with the Federal Capital Territory which has a total voter population of 952, 815.

D.

91 political parties will participate in the 2019 general elections.

109 Senate seats will be contested by 1,904 candidates, while the 360 seats in the House of Representatives will be contested by a total 4,680 candidates.

991 elective positions in the 36 State Houses of Assembly will be contested by a total 14,583 candidates.

A total of 814,453 ad-hoc staff have been recruited by INEC nationwide ahead of the elections.

116 local observer groups have been accredited by INEC. There are 28 foreign observer groups for the elections.

72 Presidential candidates and another 72 Vice-Presidential candidates are on the ballot for the February 16 presidential elections

2,412 governorship and deputy governor candidates are contesting in the governorship polls holding March 2 across the 36 States of the Federation.

5.   is the number of women who will be contesting to be president while 23 are aspiring to become Vice President of the Federal Republic

10 persons in their thirties are running to become President of Nigeria while only 4 persons aged 70 years and above are running this time around.