INEC to publish personal details of 2027 Presidential, National Assembly candidates Tomorrow

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday, August 1, 2026, publish the personal particulars of all presidential and National Assembly candidates contesting the 2027 general election for public inspection at its offices across the country.

The publication of the candidates’ details, contained in Form EC9, is in compliance with Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act, 2026, which requires the commission to make the personal particulars of nominated candidates available for public scrutiny within 21 days of receiving them.

Political parties concluded the online submission of the names, personal particulars and other required documents for their presidential and National Assembly candidates on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after INEC granted a 72-hour extension to the original deadline.

Under the commission’s revised timetable, nominations for presidential and National Assembly candidates were initially scheduled to be submitted between June 27 and July 11, 2026.

Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026, requires political parties to submit Forms EC9, EC9A, EC9B, EC9C, EC9D and EC9E, containing the names and personal particulars of their nominated presidential and National Assembly candidates, not later than 120 days before the election.

Speaking on whether the 72-hour extension would affect the publication date, INEC Deputy Director of Publicity, Wilfred Osilama Ifogah, said he did not expect any change, although he stressed that he was expressing a personal opinion rather than the commission’s official position.

> “I doubt. It might not necessarily affect it. It’s just for the Commission to put the information together and submit it. This is my opinion. I’m not talking officially. When it gets to the time, you will see whether the Commission will publish it or not,” he said.

Meanwhile, the online submission of nominations for governorship and State Houses of Assembly candidates, which commenced on July 18, will continue until August 8, 2026.

INEC has scheduled August 29, 2026, for the publication of the personal particulars of governorship and State House of Assembly candidates through Form EC9.

The commission had earlier conducted party primaries for all elective positions between April 23 and May 30, 2026.

According to INEC’s election timetable, the presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on January 16, 2027, while the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6, 2027.

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