Distribution of ballot papers by the Nigerian Electoral Commission in Lagos and all its states

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Nigeria‘s independent national electoral commission (INEC) started distributing ballots from Lagos the capital commercial to polling stations across the state for Saturday’s elections.

Otherwise, Buhari the current president of Nigeria, who is winding down his second and final term, that because voters will choose among 18 candidates in a first-round vote to succeed the incumbent, if one candidate does not get at least a quarter of votes in at least two-thirds of all state, There will be another round.

Furthermore, Nigeria is considered a young country, with nearly 64 million people aged 18-35 and a median age of 18, also Nigeria has at least 93 million registered voters, almost 40% of whom are under 35.

the frustration of young people with mainstream parties has made room for former governor Peter Obi, 61, to position himself as a change candidate.

At the same time Atiku Abubakar,76, of the people’s Democratic Party, served as Vice President and is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country, and is running for the presidency for the sixth time he is a Muslim, the Fulani ethnic group.

Likewise, The post of the governor of logos was held by Bola Tinubu,70, who was an important backer of the current president.

Bouchra Belmaati

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