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INEC SETS EKITI, OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS FOR 2026, INAUGURATES NEW RECS
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the schedule for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. Voters in Ekiti State will go to the polls on June 20, 2026, while the election in Osun State is scheduled for August 8, 2026. The commission also inaugurated six Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Friday. The new appointees include Prof Sunday Nwambam Aja, a specialist in Educational Planning and Administration representing the South East geo-political zone, and Abdulrazak Tukur Yusuf, described as a highly experienced election administrator representing the North West zone. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, stated during the inauguration ceremony that the appointments complete the commission’s leadership across Nigeria. “With the swearing-in of the six RECs, all vacancies have been filled in the 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory,” Prof Yakubu declared. For the Ekiti State governorship election, INEC has set the timeline for political party primaries. Primaries will commence on October 20, 2025, and must conclude by November 10, 2025. This schedule allows parties to upload their candidate nomination forms to INEC’s dedicated portal, which will automatically shut down by 6:00 pm on December 22, 2025. Regarding Osun State, party primaries are scheduled to start later. They will begin on November 24, 2025, and end on December 15, 2025.