A total of 146,913 domestic and international observers will be deployed for the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
At the Tuesday INEC briefing for observers of the general election of 2023 in Abuja, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman announced this.
According to the INEC chairman, the number of observers is the largest in the history of the country.
The commission accredited 196 national and domestic organisations that deployed 144,800 observers and 33 international organisations that deployed 2,113 observers.
Yakubu, however, urged the observers to abide by the laws of Nigeria while discharging their duties on election day.