Fact File: Breakdown of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) Data

In the spirit of PVC collection, this episode of our Fact File is focused on data around the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) so far. It highlights vital statistics about Nigeria’s voting population, necessary for awareness and sundry purposes

In the spirit of PVC collection, this episode of our Fact File is focused on data around the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) so far. It highlights vital statistics about Nigeria’s voting population, necessary for awareness and sundry purposes

 

 

 

 

PVC

 

 

 

PVC

BACKGROUND: TOTAL VOTING POPULATION

 

CATEGORIES NUMBER
Male 49,054,162 (52.5%)
Female 44,414,846 (47.5%)
Youths (18-34):  37,060,399(39.65%)
PWDs  85,362 
Removed as ineligible voters  53, 264 
Total Registered Voters  93,469,008

 

 

PVC

STATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF REGISTRANTS

 

STATE NUMBER OF PVC
Lagos  7,060,195
Kano 5,921,370
Kaduna 4,335,208
Rivers 3,537,190
Katsina 3,516,719
Oyo 3,276,675
Delta 3,221,697
Plateau 2,789,528
Benue  2,777,727
Bauchi 2,749,268

 

 

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STATES WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER OF REGISTRANTS

 

STATE NUMBER OF PVC
Osun 1,954,800
Zamfara 1,926,870
Cross River 1,766,466
Kwara 1,695,927
Ebonyi 1,597,646
Gombe 1,575,794
FCT 1,570,307
Yobe 1,485,146
Bayelsa 1,056,862
Ekiti 987,647

 

 

 

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BREAKDOWN BY GEOPOLITICAL ZONES

North Central

Plateau 2,789,528

Benue 2,777,727

Niger 2,698,344

Kogi 1,932,654

Nasarawa 1,899,244

Kwara 1,695,927

FCT 1,570,307

Total 15,363,731

 

North East

Bauchi 2,749,268

Borno 2,513,281

Adamawa 2,196,566

Taraba 2,022,374

Gombe 1,575,794

Yobe 1,485,146

Total 12,542,429

 

North West

Kano 5,921,370

Kaduna 4,335,208

Katsina 3,516,719

Jigawa 2,351,298

Sokoto 2,172,056

Kebbi 2,032,041

Zamfara 1,926,870

Total 22,255,562

 

South East

Anambra 2,656,437

Imo 2,419,922

Abia 2,120,808

Enugu 2,112,793

Ebonyi 1,597,646

Total 10,907,606

 

South South

Rivers 3,537,190

Delta 3,221,697

Edo 2,501,081

Akwa Ibom 2,357,418

C / River 1,766,466

Bayelsa 1,056,862

Total 14,440,714

 

South West 

Lagos 7,060,195

Oyo 3,276,675

Ogun 2,688,305

Ondo 1,991,344

Osun 1,954,800

Ekiti 987,647

Total 17,958,966

 

PVC

 

BREAKDOWN BY AGE

Youth (18 – 34) 37,060,399 39.65%
Middle Aged (35 – 49) 33,413,591 35.75%
Elderly (50 – 69) 17,700,270 18.94%
Old (70+) 5,294,748 5.66%

 

BREAKDOWN BY OCCUPATION

Student 26,027,481 27.8%
Farmers / Fishermen 14,742,554 15.8%
House Wives 13,006,939 13.9%
Business Men/Women 12,457,997 13.3%
Traders 7,998,653 8.6%
Others 6,608,143 7.1%
Civil Servants 5,283,549 5.7%
Artisans 4,967,464 5.3%
Public Servants 2,376,223 2.5%

 

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Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq is a journalist, thought leader and political analyst with keen interest in governance and Nigerian history and politics

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