Voters turnout: Will 2023 be better?
By Clifford Ndujihe ARGUABLY, Presidential Poll is like no other in the history of balloting in Nigeria. There is ululation in the polity. The electrifying campaigns of the leading candidates across the country created enthusiasm among the populace who rushed to get registered as voters. However, the question now is whether or not the enthusiasm, which the citizenry displayed during enlistment as voters, collection of Permanent Voters cards, PVCs, and in following the campaigns especially on social media will translate to huge voters’ turnout on Saturday. Currently, the country has 93.5 million registered voters, the highest ever. If records of voters’ turnout across all elections in the last two years are anything to go by, about 30 million voters or less will take part in the election. Recently, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said voters’ turnout across Nigeria hovered around 30 to 35 per cent of registered voters in the last two electoral cycle...