The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced an adjustment in the date of the 2023 Presidential election.
According to the commission, the presidential election which was scheduled to hold on February 18, 2023 has now been shifted to February 25, 2023.
The development was announced by the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday.
He announced that presidential and National Assembly elections would now take place on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while governorship and state houses of assembly elections would hold on March 11, 2023.
Speaking on the reason for the development, Yakubu said the new date would allow for conformity with the provisions of the Electoral laws which stipulates that elections notice be published at least 260 days to the elections, adding that 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 before the polls.