INEC Announces New Dates For 2023 General Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 general elections due to the late signing of the Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari. The chairman of the commission made the announcement today during a news conference today.

According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023. Yakubu explained that the new date is to allow for conformity with the provisions of the Electoral laws which stipulates that elections notice be published at least 260 days to the elections.
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The president on the 25th of February,2022 signed the electoral act into law after several months of withholding presidential assent citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections as part of the reasons for his decision.
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