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Nigeria: INEC Changes Dates for 2023 General Elections
Premium Times, 26 February 2022
On Saturday, the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, told journalists that new dates have been fixed for the elections. Read more »
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Nigeria: As Exclusively Reported By Leadership, Citing Provisions of New Act, INEC Shifts 2023 Polls
Leadership, 26 February 2022
Presidential, NASS elections to now hold Feb 25, governorship, state assembly March 11 | Political parties pledge support for commission to deliver credible polls | Tightrope for… Read more »
Nigeria Shifts 2023 General Election Date
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that the presidential and national assembly elections date has been changed from February 18, 2023 to February 25, 2023.
The governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections will be held on March 11, 2023.
The INEC chairperson said the commission could not release the detailed "Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the General Election" as it normally would because of the pending enactment of the Electoral Reform Bill 2022, which the president signed on February 25, 2022, after much delay.
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