By Ismail Auwal
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a calendar and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election.
According to the timetable, the presidential and national assembly elections will take place on February 25 next year.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, stated that the governorship and state house of assembly elections will take place on March 11, 2023.
Yakubu said party primaries for the nomination of candidates for the forthcoming election will occur between April 4 and June 3 this year.
The INEC Chairman also emphasized that the timetable and schedule of activities for the general election are in line with the new Electoral Act signed into law by President Muhamadu Buhari on Friday.
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| Last date for withdrawal by candidates/replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties | July 15 | August 12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
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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 |
