INEC has officially fixed February 20, 2027, for Presidential and National Assembly elections.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially fixed February 20, 2027, for Presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Friday in Abuja.
He said the Governorship and State Assembly elections will also be held on the same day on March 6, 2027, two weeks after the presidential election.
Amupitan said with the announcement of the time table the Commission had formally set in motion the electoral process in line with constitutional and legal requirements.
He explained that the tenure of the president, vice president, governors, and deputy governors except in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo, and Osun states will expire on May 28, 2027, while the National and State Assemblies dissolve on June 8, 2027.
Amupitan said pursuant to Sections 76(2), 116 (2), 132 (2) and 178 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), elections to the said offices shall hold not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of` the last holder of that office.
