Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed that it will print about 187 million ballot papers for the polls.
Festus Okoye who is the body’s Information and Voter Education Committee chairman disclosed this on Friday in Abuja Nigeria’s capital.
Okoye who spoke at a Roundtable with Bureau Chiefs/ Editors in Abuja said 93.5 million ballot papers will be used on February 25, 2023, for the presidential election and the remaining 93.5million ballot papers will be for run-off of the presidential election in case there is no clear winner.
According to INEC the presidential and National Assembly election will hold on the 25th of February while the Governorship and state assembly elections will hold on the 12th of March 2023.
The leading contestant for the presidential election are Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will contest under the auspices of the Peoples Democratic Party.