Key Takeaways
- INEC says the North-East has 13,965,475 registered voters, representing 13.51 percent of Nigeria’s total registered voter population of more than 103 million.
- INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan said the figures came from the commission’s data-cleaning exercise after the Continuous Voter Registration exercise ended.
- INEC brought commissioners and field officers together in Gombe to assess operational readiness and identify challenges across the six North-East states ahead of the 2027 elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the North East region has 13,965,475 registered voters.
According to INEC, the figure represents 13.51 percent of Nigeria’s total registered voter population of more than 103 million.
Naija News reports that INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, made the disclosure during an assessment visit to Gombe State to evaluate operational preparedness and address challenges confronting election officials across theNorth-East geopolitical zone ahead of the 2027 elections.
He explained that the figure is based on the commission’s data-cleaning exercise following the conclusion of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
According to INEC, the assessment brought together National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the six North-East states and other senior officials of the Commission for an interactive session with field officers on their level of preparedness for the forthcoming polls.
Speaking at the meeting, Amupitan said the visit was part of the Commission’s deliberate strategy of engaging directly with electoral personnel across the country to assess operational readiness, identify gaps and strengthen preparations ahead of the elections.
