71 Million Young Nigerians Have Registered to Vote in Next Month’s Election
- 93.5 million people have registered to vote next month
- Just under 40% are under 35, with nearly 10 million new voters
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Young Nigerians have registered in numbers to vote in crucial presidential elections taking place in 43 days in Africa’s most populous nation, a sign of intense youth interest in who leads the biggest democracy on the continent, data from the nation’s election body shows.
Nearly 40% of the 93.5 million Nigerians who registered to vote in next month’s presidential election are under 35 in the West African nation where the median age is 18, but the political class is largely made up of people two or three generations older.