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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has unveiled new dates for conduct of next general elections.
Addressing newsmen at the Commission headquarter in Abuja at the weekend, Professor Yakubu said the Presidential and National Assembly elections would now hold on February 25, 2023.
The Governorship and State House of Assemblies elections were equally fixed for 11th March, 2023.
The announcement came 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Bill 2022 into law.
INEC, which is saddled with the responsibility of overseeing or implementing much of the Electoral Act, had said the notice of the elections will be published tomorrow, Monday, February 28, as required by law.
According to the refreshed election time table campaign for the presidential and National Assembly election by political parties will commence on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
Conduct of party primaries, including the resolution of disputes arising from them are expected to take place between Monday, April 4, 2022 and Friday, June 3, 2022.
Submission of nomination forms to INEC via the online portal for Presidential and National Assembly election is scheduled for 9.00 am on Friday 10th June, 2022 to 6.00 pm on Friday 17th June, 2022, while submission of nomination forms to INEC via the online nomination portal for governorship and state assembly elections will run from 9.00am on Friday, 1st July, 2022 to 6.00pm on Friday, 15th July, 2022.
Campaign by political parties for Presidential and National Assembly election will run between Wednesday, 28th September, 2022 and Thursday, 23rd February, 2023 while that for governorship and state assembly elections will take place between Wednesday, 12th October, 2022 and midnight of Thursday, 9th March, 2023.