Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that voting during the 2023 Presidential elections on Saturday, 25th February, would commence in the morning by 8:30 and end by 2:30 pm in the afternoon.
INEC disclosed this in a statement posted on Twitter on Friday evening, detailing its preparedness for the 2023 polls.
The electoral umpire also revealed that the scheduled senatorial election in Enugu East Senatorial District has been suspended, following the death of the Labour Party’s Candidate.
At the 2nd briefing on INEC’s preparedness for the 2023 polls held at the ICC, Abuja on 24th Feb, Hon Chairman, Prof M. Yakubu said:
📍Voting begins at 8.30am, ends at
2.30pm. All voters on queue
before 2pm can vote
📍IGP Usman Baba pledges
adequate security pic.twitter.com/P254Jvxdhq— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 25, 2023
Voting time: INEC Chairman, Prof Mahood Yakubu, urged that all voters must be in the queue before 2 pm to be able to vote. He was quoted to have said:
- “Voting begins at 8.30 am and ends at 2.30 pm. All voters in the queue before 2 pm can vote, IGP Usman Baba pledges adequate security
- “INEC suspends election in Enugu East Senatorial District, made up of 6 LGAs and 1630 PUs, following the death of Labour Party’s Candidate. The Election will now hold on 11th March 2023.”
He also explained that the BVAS is mandatory and that no PVC translates to no voting. He added that there is a ban on the use of mobile phones in voting cubicles, and reiterated that INEC is committed to credible polls.
In case you missed it: Nairametrics earlier reported that INEC said that it was collaborating with major network services providers like MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9Mobile, to address any hitch that may arise during the elections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said INEC has also taken sufficient steps to fortify and protect its systems and processes against malicious attacks, adding that the commission has vast experience in election results transmission via the iREV while the BVAS requires an online process only at the point of polling unit uploading.