INEC Presents Register of 68.8m Eligible Voters

INEC Presents Register of 68.8m Eligible Voters

• Says Jonathan, Buhari and 12 others duly nominated

• 739 candidates for senatorial election, 1780 candidates for House of Representatives election

• So far, said 132,000 card readers received

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday presented a  register of 68,833,476 eligible voters for the February 14 Presidential and National Assembly elections as well as the February 28 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly.

The commission also said that presidential candidate of the PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, and the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, and 12 other presidential candidates are duly nominated to contest the February 14 presidential election.

Addressing newsmen Tuesday evening, the chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega said that there are 739 senatorial candidates and 1780 candidates for the House of Representatives elections. Also, the commission said that it has received 130,000 card readers for the election, while some are still being expected.

He said that 68,8334,76 eligible registered voters are expected to vote. He also said that the commission would be giving the hard copies of the registered voters to the political parties as from Wednesday.

According to Jega, “In line with provisions of the law, the commission has just announced the publication of the Register of Voters that will be used for the February 2015 general elections. The total number of voters registered for the election is 68,833,476.”

On the February 14 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the INEC Chairman said, “Following nominations made by political parties and as required by law, we have also published in the INEC state office and on the website (www.inecnigeria.org) today the list of candidates for the National Assemble and Presidential Elections scheduled for February 14 2015.

For the Presidential election, there are 14 candidates duly nominated by the political parties. For the Senatorial elections, there are 739 candidates and for the House of Representatives elections, there are 1780 candidates. The list of nominated candidates for the states (Governorship and State Houses of Assembly,) will be published on January 27 2015.