Nigeria’s presidential election campaigns have officially started ahead of next year’s general election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has cleared 18 candidates to run for president in the February 2023 election.
Rampant insecurity, chronic unemployment and a worsening economic outlook are among issues the candidates are expected to address.
But political observers fear that the campaigns might be transactional rather than issue based, and money may be used to buy votes.
Nigeria has a population of more than 200 million, out of which more than 95 million voters have been registered to cast their ballots.
Source: BBC