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🇳🇬 NigeriaPoliticsStory: Nigeria presidential election

INEC to test national presidential vote on 28 November

By , based on Vanguard and Punch

INEC to test national presidential vote on 28 NovemberIllustrative image · Iyusuf615 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nigeria’s electoral commission INEC will hold a nationwide accreditation and voting simulation on 28 November to test preparations for the 2027 presidential election. The exercise will notably test accreditation and electronic results transmission systems, according to its chairman Joash Amupitan, quoted by Vanguard.

INEC will hold a nationwide voter accreditation and voting simulation on 28 November 2026 to test its preparations for the 2027 general elections. The exercise will simulate a presidential election and allow it to assess the effectiveness of accreditation and electronic results transmission, its chairman Joash Amupitan announced on Thursday at Chatham House in London, according to Vanguard.

INEC has also introduced technical safeguards to prevent inaccurate results from polling stations or figures showing more voters than authorised from being transmitted to its results viewing portal, Amupitan said in a statement quoted by Punch. The commission has also begun distributing non-sensitive materials in some states ahead of the 2027 elections.

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