{"id":27269,"date":"2018-10-11T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27269"},"modified":"2018-10-11T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:15:04","slug":"2019-election-we-have-over-80m-registered-voters-says-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-election-we-have-over-80m-registered-voters-says-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Election: We Have Over 80m Registered Voters, Says INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said that more than 80 million registered voters are expected to vote during the 2019 general elections in the country.<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in a paper he presented at the \u00a014th All Nigeria Editors Conference holding in Asaba, Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu, represented by Mike Igini, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom, said that the figure was made up of 67 million existing registered voters and 14 million newly registered voters.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He said 91 political parties had been registered ahead of the 2019 elections, adding that there was a total of 120,000 polling units across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said that more than 80 million registered voters are expected to vote during the 2019 general elections in the country. 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