INEC Reports Lagos Leads Voter Registration Numbers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, announced that Lagos State leads the national voters’ register with 7,488,633 registered voters, followed by Kano with 6,570,276 and Kaduna with 4,662,640. This update was provided during a stakeholders’ meeting and press conference in Abuja.

The total number of registered voters in Nigeria now stands at 103,428,715, following the completion of INEC's three-phase Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and biometric clean-up, which resulted in 10,772,421 new registrations. The demographic breakdown indicates that male voters slightly outnumber female voters, with 53,528,218 males (51.75%) and 49,900,497 females.

The age group of 35 to 49 years comprises the largest segment at 41.83%, while those aged 70 and above represent the smallest group at 7.16%. Additionally, the register includes 232,658 persons with disabilities, accounting for roughly 0.2% of the total.