{"id":194976,"date":"2026-02-14T23:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:07:15","slug":"elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi","title":{"rendered":"Elections Before Ramadan Violate Regulations Akin Alabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that the scheduled dates for the 2027 general elections, which fall during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, violate regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Alabi, in a tweet via his X account on Saturday, also insisted that the only solution is a quick amendment to the Electoral Act to reduce the notice period required by INEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing the elections earlier to start before Ramadan will run afoul of the Electoral Act, which requires 365 days\u2019 notice,\u201d Alabi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only solution is a quick amendment to the Electoral Act to reduce the notice period. That, I\u2019m sure, we will do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>INEC recently released the timetable for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to INEC, the Presidential and National Assembly elections are set to hold on February 20, 2027, while the Governorship and State Assembly elections will take place on March 6, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that the proposed dates fall within Ramadan, a period during which many Muslims dedicate time to fasting, prayer, and spiritual reflection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that the scheduled dates for the 2027 general elections, which fall during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, violate regulations. Alabi, in a tweet via his X account on Saturday, also insisted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elections Before Ramadan Violate Regulations Akin Alabi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, has warned the Independent National Elector ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elections Before Ramadan Violate Regulations Akin Alabi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, has warned the Independent National Elector ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T22:47:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T00:07:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771113792.470941.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"765\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Elections Before Ramadan Violate Regulations Akin Alabi\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T22:47:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-15T00:07:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771113792.470941.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-before-ramadan-violate-regulations-akin-alabi\",\"name\":\"Elections Before Ramadan Violate Regulations Akin Alabi - 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