The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023.
The elections were shifted from February 18 to February 25, 2023, following the late signing of the Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakub.
Prof. Mahmood Yakub made the announcement at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday.
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
The INEC boss also said the electoral guidelines will also be published in due course.
The new Act states that INEC must publish the notice of election at least 360 days to the polls.
Several groups had called on the President to sign the bill before February 22, 2022, in order to ensure that INEC would not need to change the date in conformity with the Act.
However, Buhari signed it on February 25, 2022.
