Electoral Act, 2026 🇳🇬

Nigeria

Electoral Act, 2026

Published in Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette Vol. 113 No. 40 on 2 March 2026
Assented to on 18 February 2026
Commenced on 18 February 2026
[This is the version of this document from 2 March 2026.]

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE ELECTORAL ACT, NO. 13, 2022 AND ENACT THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2026 TO REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF FEDERAL, STATE AND AREA COUNCILS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ELECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS.ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria —

Part I – ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

1. Establishment of Independent National Electoral Commission

(1)The Independent National Electoral Commission as established by section 153 of the Constitution (in this Act referred to as "the Commission") —

(a)is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

(b)may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(2)The National Headquarters of the Commission shall be situated in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

2. F…

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