Primaries to end June 3, presidential campaign begins Sept 28… INEC releases election timetable

NIGERIA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the schedule of activities for the 2023 general election.

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, gave the breakdown on Saturday at a media briefing in Abuja.

According to him, the presidential election was initially scheduled to hold on February 18, while governorship polls were fixed for March 4, but the dates had to be reviewed following the signing of the electoral act amendment bill.

However, with the latest announcement, political parties are expected to begin collection of forms from INEC from March 1, 2022.

See a breakdown of the schedule of activities below.

Activity	Presidential/national assembly	Governorship/state houses of assembly
Conduct of party primaries/resolution of disputes	April 4 – June 3	April 4 – June 3
Submission of nomination forms	June 10 – June 17	July 1 – July 15
Last date for withdrawal by candidates/replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties	July 15	August 12
Last day for submission of nomination forms	August 8	August 18
Campaign by political parties	September 28, 2022 – February 23, 2023	October 12, 2022 – March 9, 2023
Last day for submission of names of polling agents by political parties	December 30, 2022	January 6, 2023
Election date	February 25, 2023	March 11, 2023