Source: Africa Publicity
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for its 2027 General Elections.
The Chairman of INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, released the timetable at a press briefing in Abuja, on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Prof. Amupitan says while the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on February 20, 2027, governorship and state assembly elections would take place on March 6, 2027.
He gave assurance that INEC was fully prepared for the elections, saying “By virtue of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, the tenure of the President, the Vice-President, the Governors, and Deputy Governors of states of the Federation, except Anambra State, Bayasa State, Edo States, Ekiti States, Imo State, Ogi, Kondo, and National States, will expire on the 28th day of May, 2027.
Membership of the National and State Assemblies will stand dissolved on the 8th day of June, 2021.
Pursuant to Section 76(2), 116(2), 132(2), and 178(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, elections to the said offices shall hold not earlier than 150 days, and not later than 30 days, before the expiration of the term of office of the holders’’.
