ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has issued a notice for the 2027 general election.
Accordingly, while the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on February 20 2027, the Governorship and State Assembly election will hold 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 seeming delay in the passage of the amended Electoral Act currently before the National Assembly, it had finalized work on 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 nightmare for the commission and other stakeholders.