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With 84m total number of registered voters for #NigeriaDecides2019, there’s 15.3m increase from 2015.

Which states gained more voters?

Who determines who wins what?

What’s youth/female rep percentage?

Elated to release our first-ever Elections Voter’s Guide & Factbook

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Which states gained more registered voters compared to 2015?

Which states had the least growth in voters population?

Numbers that matter!

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Which state/geo-political zone has the highest voters number as at today?

See below Nigeria’s state-by-state electoral value.

Numbers that matter!

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Comparison: Voters registration by states in 2015 and 2019

Numbers that matter!

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2015 elections had the lowest voters turnout in Nigeria’s history (since the inception of the Fourth Republic in 1999) while #2019Elections has the highest registered voters.

How many of 2019’s registered voters (84m) will go out and vote?

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If numbers mean anything in elections, Nigerian youth can easily determine who becomes next @NGRPresident, @NGRSenate Pres., @HouseNGR Speaker, Senators, HOR members, state governors & LG chairmen.

How well are you ready to use your power?

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Can Nigerian women determine the outcome of #NigeriaDecides2019?

Data shows we can.

How well (and positive) are you ready to use your power?

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How many polling points are there in Nigeria?

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For tomorrow’s Presidential election, there are:

• 73 candidates (6 female – 67 male)

• Only 2 candidates under the age of 35

• 17 candidates with SSCE

• 29 candidates with Bachelor’s degree

• 27 MSc/PhD holders

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For tomorrow’s election, there are:

• 73 running mates (22 female – 51 male)

• Only 5 running mates under the age of 35

• 14 of them with SSCE

• 43 with Bachelor’s degrees

• 27 MSc/PhD holders

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Will Nigerians troop out massively tomorrow to decide who leads them in the next four years?

High hopes—but this is what data says about the trend of voters for presidential elections from 1999 to 2015.

PS. Voters apathy remains an issue.

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For tomorrow’s @NGRSenate election, there are:

• 1903 contestants for 109 seats
(234 female – 1669 male)

• Only 22 contestants under 35

• 778 contestants with SSCE

• 818 contestants with BSc

• 219 MSc/PhD holders

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For tomorrow’s @HouseNGR election, there are:

• 4703 contestants for 360 seats
(511 female – 4192 male)

• 1295 contestants under 35

• 2499 contestants with SSCE

• 1732 BSc holders

• 334 MSc/PhD holders

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For governorship elections on March 2, 2019, there are:

• 1064 aspirants across 36 states
(80 female – 984 male)

• 104 aspirants under 35

• 442 aspirants with SSCE

• 472 BSc holders

• 128 MSc/PhD holders

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For elections into @NGRSenate, here’s the breakdown of AGE, GENDER and ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS across key political parties [@OfficialPDPNig @OfficialAPCNg @officialsdp & others]

For elections into @HouseNGR, here’s the breakdown of AGE, GENDER and ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS across key political parties [@OfficialPDPNig @OfficialAPCNg @officialsdp & others]

For gubernatorial elections, here’s the breakdown of AGE, GENDER and ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS across key political parties [@OfficialPDPNig @OfficialAPCNg @officialsdp & others]

IMPORTANT FINDINGS:

• While the minimum requirement to contest for the @NGRSenate SSC, there are 56 candidates who presented First School Leaving Certificates.

• There are 20 candidates with no qualifications.

• There are 22 candidates with age error.

On @inecnigeria web.

• There are 239 candidates with no age specification
• 167 candidates presented FSLC Cert
• 256 with qualification error
• 1 @OfficialAPCNg candidate with age error & 16 qualification error
• 2 @OfficialPDPNig candidates with age error & 32 qualification error

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Above is for @HouseNGR.