Breaking: INEC Releases 2027 Election Timetable

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a notice for the 2027 general election.

Accordingly, while the Presidential and National Assembly elections will be held on February 20, 2027, the Governorship and State Assembly elections will be held on March 6.

Chairman of the commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.

INEC had, on February 4, disclosed that despite the apparent delay in the passage of the amended Electoral Act currently before the National Assembly, it had finalised the election timetable and schedule of activities.

While it noted it had made its submissions to the National Assembly, the electoral umpire conceded that some items in the schedule of activities could be impacted by the time the lawmakers pass the electoral act.

INEC under Professor Mahmood Yakubu had earlier fixed Nigeria’s general election dates for the next four decades, as part of measures to curb voter anxiety and ward off logistical nightmares for the commission and other stakeholders.

SOURCE : VANGUARD