The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 elections.
The presidential election will hold on February 25, 2023 instead of the scheduled date February 18, while the governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023.
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This is coming barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act into law.
Explaining the new dates, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC said it was 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 including the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) had called on the President to sign the bill before February 22, 2022, to ensure that INEC would not need to change the date in conformity with the Act.
However, Buhari signed it on February 25, 2022.
