Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the 2023 general elections will hold on February 18, 2023.
Mr Yakubu stated this at a public hearing on the ‘National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2021’ organised by Senate Committee on INEC, on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, the exercise is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks and six days away from today.
The INEC expressed confidence in the National Assembly’s ability to pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill before the 2023 general elections.
The INEC boss, who noted the importance of the bill to the 2023 general elections, said, “We are confident that the National Assembly will conclude work on the legal framework in earnest.
“In order to do so, there should be clarity and certainty about the electoral legal framework to govern the 2023 general elections.
We are confident that the national assembly will do the needful and do so in earnest.
The commission is anxious to know the legal framework to govern the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
“By the principle established by the commission, the 2023 general elections will hold on Feb. 18, 2023, which is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks and six days away from today.”
Mr Yakubu said that the commission would release the timetable for the general elections immediately after the Anambra governorship election, scheduled to hold on Nov. 6.
On the Electoral Offences Commission Bill, Mr Yakubu appealed to the national assembly for its expeditious passage.