Nigeria

Population Statistics

181,562,056

Total Population

27,234,308

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

24 September 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Section 77, subsection 2 states:

…Every citizen of Nigeria, who has attained the age of eighteen years residing in Nigeria at the time of the registration of voters for purposes of election to a legislative house, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for that election.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, last amended 2011)