2023: INEC announces dates for the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi

On November 14, 2022, the three States will publish the required notice for the governorship elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi State will take place on November 11, 2023. (INEC) On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at its regular meeting, the Commission announced this. In a statement he published on Tuesday, Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, verified the occurrence. These dates: According to Okoye, the dates for the party primaries are March 27 and April 17, 2023. The statute states: The move, according to Okoye, satisfies the mandate of Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, which directs INEC to issue the Notice of Election not later than 360 days before the date fixed for the elections. What you should know: The electoral umpire further stated that the tenure of the incumbent Governor of Imo State ends on 14th January 2024 while those of Kogi and Bayelsa States end on 26th January 2024 and 13th February 2024 respectively. INEC also added that the statutory Notice for the governorship elections will be published in the three States on 14th November 2022. Meanwhile: INEC has invited interested international organizations across the world to come and observe Nigeria 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call when he received the delegation of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Pre Election Fact Finding Mission to Nigeria.