By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the timetable for the 2023 general elections following the assent to the Electoral Act 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while briefing journalists on Saturday stated that, the Commission also made adjustments of some of the dates.
According to him, the presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 25, 2023 while Governorship and State Assembly elections will be held two weeks after the presidential election which falls on March 11, 2023.
He said that also, the conduct of party primaries including resolution of disputes arising from primaries for national and state elections has been slated for between 4th April to 3rd June, 2022
The INEC Chairman, noted that the Commission has decided to adjust the dates of the 2023 General Election to ensure compliance with the provisions of the new law saying that with the adjustment, the 2023 General Election is now 363 days away.
“Under the law, there are critical timebound activities from the publication of Notice of Election to the Conduct of Polls which form the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for elections. Some of the critical activities and their dates of implementation are as follows:
Publication of Notice of Election – Monday 28th February 2022.
Conduct of party primaries, including the resolution of disputes arising from them – Monday 4th April 2022 to Friday 3rd June 2022.
Submission of nomination forms to INEC via the online portal for Presidential and National Assembly election – 9.00am on Friday 10th June 2022 to 6.00pm on Friday 17th June 2022.
Submission of nomination forms to INEC via the online nomination portal for Governorship and State Assembly elections – 9.00am on Friday 1st July 2022 to 6.00pm on Friday 15th July 2022.
