Breaking: Finally, INEC Publishes Notice for 2023 General Elections
- The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the notice of election for the 2023 polls
- The nation's electoral body made this information known via a tweet through its official Twitter page on Monday, February 28
- Earlier, INEC announced alterations to the timetable for the 2023 general elections, while insisting governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the Notice of Election (Form EC60A) for the 2023 general elections.
The Nation reports that the electoral body had released a comprehensive timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 polls at the weekend.
The commission revealed this via a tweet through its official Twitter page on Monday, February 28.
The commission tweeted @inecnigeria:
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“And in line with the first activity in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election, the Commission hereby publishes the Notice of Election (Form EC 60A) today, Monday 28th February 2022”.
From the schedule of activities, the 2023 polls begin on February 25 with the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Imo by-election: Anxiety as REC says 100 INEC staff abducted, forced to thumbprint
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported previously that Professor Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has made a stunning revelation on the conduct of the by-election for Ngor Okpala state constituency on Saturday, February 26.
It was reported that while addressing the press on Sunday, February 27, said that hundreds of ad-hoc staff of the INEC in the by-election have been abducted, and taken to an unknown destination where they were forced to thumbprint on the ballot papers.
Legit.ng gathered that the REC warned that those ballot papers from the abducted INEC ad-hoc staff, would not be accepted by the NEC.
New election guidelines: Group lauds Buhari, INEC, mobilises 50M votes for Yahaya Bello
A support group for Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Sunday, February 27, commended President Muhammad Buhari, for assenting to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022.
The group, the National Mass Movement for Yahaya Bello, a youth and women-based also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the timely release of the adjusted guidelines for the 2023 general elections.
In a statement seen by Legit.ng, the national publicity secretary of NMMYB, Patrick Ezza, said s president, would see to a new Nigeria where big ideas, competence and pragmatism would be the order of the day.
Source: Legit.ng