2027: Zamfara data 2.26m registered voters, up 16 p.c from 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has mentioned Zamfara State recorded 2,265,175 registered voters as of August 2026, a rise of 16.04 per cent from the 1,952,060 recorded in the course of the 2023 normal elections.

The Zamfara Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mahmuda Isah disclosed this in Gusau throughout a stakeholders’ assembly on the 2027 normal elections and Permanent Voter Card, PVC, assortment.

Isah mentioned the rise represented 313,115 extra registrations, stressing the necessity for efficient voter mobilisation and public enlightenment.

He added that the voter register would endure verification and validation consistent with electoral legal guidelines and permitted procedures to make sure its accuracy and credibility.

The REC mentioned PVC assortment would proceed at INEC places of work throughout the state’s 14 native authorities areas following the conclusion of ward-level assortment.

He urged registered voters who had but to gather their playing cards to go to their respective native authorities INEC places of work and gather them personally.