See Breakdown Of Schedule For 2023 Elections

The schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections in the country has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Naija News reports that INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu gave the breakdown during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday.

According to Yakubu, political parties should prepare for the collection of forms from INEC from March 1, 2022, following the latest announcement.

The INEC boss added that the breakdown of the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections was released as a result of the 2022 amended electoral act recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Below is the breakdown of the schedule of activities for the 2023 elections:

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Last date for withdrawal by candidates/replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties	July 15	August 12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	Marc 11, 2023