{"id":48534,"date":"2021-04-28T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=48534"},"modified":"2021-04-28T21:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:20:44","slug":"why-inec-fixed-feb-18-for-2023-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/why-inec-fixed-feb-18-for-2023-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Why INEC Fixed Feb 18 For 2023 General Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barring any last minute chance, the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 2023 general elections in the country.<\/p>\n

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made this known on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC.<\/p>\n

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He said, \u201cBy the principle established by the Commission, the 2023 General Election will hold on Saturday 18th February 2023 which is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks and six days or 660 days from today.<\/p>

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“We hope to release the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the General Election immediately after the Anambra Governorship election scheduled to hold on 6th November 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to do so, there should be clarity and certainty about the electoral legal framework to govern the election. We are confident that the National Assembly will do the needful in earnest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barring any last minute chance, the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 2023 general elections in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":48535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1593,17],"tags":[7591,8538],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-48534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-metro","category-news","tag-2023-presidential-election","tag-voting"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy INEC Fixed Feb 18 For 2023 General Elections - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barring any last minute chance, the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 20\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/why-inec-fixed-feb-18-for-2023-general-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why INEC Fixed Feb 18 For 2023 General Elections - 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