My people, you don hear am? INEC, wey be Independent National Electoral Commission, don yan say dem dey ready to carry obodo Naija go 2027 General Election like no man’s business!
Dem say, no wahala wey dem no fit handle, even as e dey look like say National Assembly dey waka slow for the amended Electoral Act. Professor Joash Amupitan, wey be the chairman, confirm this one on Wednesday, during one fine meet-up wey dem get with Civil Society Organisations for Abuja. As dem talk am, dem don don finalize timetable and schedule wey go guide our democratic march. No shaking!
Amupitan talk say e don submit their recommendations—like say dem dey drop memo for class— to National Assembly, but the passage of the amended Act fit change some things for their plans. E say, “For now, we go dey follow the old law wey dey ground,” explain am like person wey sabi wetin e dey talk.
As dem gather, the INEC oga no forget remind those civil society groups make dem help hustle the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before the Area Council elections wey go happen on February 21, 2026. Dem wan make sure sey no bush meat go enta trap, say dem no go allow anybody lose dem chance to vote.
He beckon on Nigerians, say if dem no collect dem PVCs before February 10, na dem go suffer later. Wetin make sense dey essa? Everybody gatz participate for the elections with our PVC dey jolly-jolly for side.
Amupitan also run some gist about wetin go happen for the elections: over 1.6 million voters go dey participate across 2,822 polling units. Dem get 570 candidates wey dey ready to contest for chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and councillorship. E don become big party, my people!
As the INEC sicklers dey prepare, dem don deploy all non-sensitive election materials to their offices run everywhere, train ad hoc staff—dem wey go help run the show—and dey set up technology like BVAS for smooth accreditation and results upload. E sure me say, sensitive materials go land the day before dem cast votes, no delay about that!
Plus, make I talk about one mock accreditation exercise wey dem dey plan for February 7 across selected polling units—we dey watch our people go do am well! And the icing on top, 83 local and five foreign observer groups don already mark their territory to watch the elections, so dem no go sleep for this matter.
Amupitan no stop there, him drop tinz about bye-elections wey go happen same day for Rivers and Kano States. People wey fit vote go dey reach 41,085 for Ahoada East II and 71,865 for Khana II while for Kano, wey get 330,228 go select na who make dem dey believe in.
He close am with big gist as he call on National Assembly to fast-track the ongoing amendment. “Make una help us push dem to finish the Electoral Act!” Na wetin humbly talk. Also, make I remind you all sey dem dey plan one nationwide voter revalidation exercise ahead of 2027, just to make sure sey everything dey correct before the massive collecting and casting begins. Na credible register we dey find for free, fair and transparent elections!”
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