By yemi olodo
Angels would not drop from heaven to deliver the Presidency to Southern Nigeria and that is the reality that
awaits the proclamation of the Southern Governors who insisted during their last meeting that the next President should come from the southern part of the country.
In a nation of 200 million plus citizens, during the last election held in 2019; it was recorded that there are 84,004,084 registered voters and a quick breakdown of the voters location reveals a lot about the politics of number.
The Northwest currently has the highest number of registered voters at 20,158,100. That hands the Northwest 24% of the registered vote total.
The southwest region comes second with 16,292,212 registered voters (19.39%), while the north-central has 13,366,070 registered voters (15.91%), and the south-south has 12,841,279 registered voters (15.29%).
The northeast region and the southeast region come last with the total number of registered voters with 11,289,293 (13.44%) and10,057,130 voters (11.97%) respectively.
There are more registered male voters (44,405,439) than female voters (39,598,645). The male population of registered voters make up 52.86% of the total voter register with registered female voters making up the remaining 47.14%.
Whilst the number of registered voters might be higher in 2023; there is no guarantee that it would be up to 100 million registered voters and the actual voters percentage is still below 50%.
In fact during the last election in 2019, the registered voters/turnout was 82,344,107 whilst the total votes including invalid/blank votes was 28,614,190.
In light of the above statistics, it is very clear no sub-region in Nigeria could successfully produce the next President without
the support of a combination of region and a registered voters figure of 11,289,293 the southeast region that is calling for the
presidential slot for 2023 have a great challenge ahead.
Southern Governors might wish for a Southern President but making it a reality requires a strategic mapping in the next 500 days plus
1 Abia 1,932,892
2 Adamawa 1,973,083
3 Akwa Ibom 2,119,727
4 Anambra 2,447,996
5 Bauchi 2,462,843
6 Bayelsa 923,182
7 Benue 2,480,131
8 Borno 2,315,956
9 Cross River 1,527,289
10 Delta 2,845,274
11 Ebonyi 1,459,933
12 Edo 2,210,534
13 Ekiti 909,967
14 Enugu 1,944,016
15 FCT 1,344,856
16 Gombe 1,394,393
17 Imo 2,272,293
18 Jigawa 2,111,106
19 Kaduna 3,932,492
20 Kano 5,457,747
21 Katsina 3,230,230
22 Kebbi 1,806,231
23 Kogi 1,646,350
24 Kwara 1,406,457
25 Lagos 6,570,291
26 Nasarawa 1,617,786
27 Niger 2,390,035
28 Ogun 2,375,003
29 Ondo 1,822,346
30 Osun 1,680,498
31 Oyo 2,934,107
32 Plateau 2,480,455
33 Rivers 3,215,273
34 Sokoto 1,903,166
35 Taraba 1,777,105
36 Yobe 1,365,913
36 Yobe 1,365,913
37 Zamfara 1,717,128
Total 84,004,08
