The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 elections.
The commission also disclosed that electoral guidelines would be published in due course.
This was made known at a news conference on Saturday by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.
According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while Governorship and state houses of assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Yakubu stated that the new election dates is to allow for conformity with the provisions of the Electoral laws which stipulates that the notice for elections should be published at least 260 days before the elections.
According to reports, the announcement of the new election dates was a result of the signing of the Electoral Act on Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Several groups had pleaded with President Buhari to sign the bill before February 22, 2022, in order to ensure that INEC does not change the election date in accordance with the Electoral Act.
