As public campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections commence today, 18 candidates are set to battle for the largest share of the 84 million votes in the country.

The frontline candidates are former vice president Atiku Abubakar, PDP, former Lagos State governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC, former Anambra State governor Peter Obi, Labour Party, former governor of Kano State Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, NNPP, and 14 other contestants.

The country’s registered voters stand at eighty-four million, four hundred and eighty-four thousand, according to the figure released in August by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

With the commencement of the campaigns, the 18 contenders have 147 days to move round the country to promote their candidatures.

The electoral body has fixed the presidential and National Assembly elections for February 25, 2023.

The candidates, their supporters and political parties have lined up various activities for the commencement of the public campaign.