The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made it clear that it would not extend the deadline for the submission of presidential and National Assembly candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to the commission, Saturday, July 11, is the final day for the exercise.
INEC National Commissioner, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Punch while providing an update on submissions made by political parties through the commission’s nomination portal.
According to him, political parties had until midnight on Saturday to upload the names of their presidential and N’Assembly candidates, stressing that the commission would not shift the deadline.
He said, “Various parties have uploaded their nominees. They have until 12 midnight to upload. The deadline is still July 11.”
Haruna said 14 political parties had, as of the time of the interview, submitted candidates through the portal.
The parties are: Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Allied Peoples Movement, Labour Party, Nigeria Democratic Congress, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party and Zenith Labour Party.
