{"id":198973,"date":"2026-04-16T23:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:24:45","slug":"inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period","title":{"rendered":"INEC adjusts Osun governorship election campaign period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced adjustment for the campaign period ahead of the Osun State governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>The adjusted schedule for the election was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by Mohammed Kudu Haruna, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued the Revised Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 General Election and adjusted the Osun State Governorship Election forward by one week from the 8th of August 2026 to the 15th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of this adjustment, the last day for political parties\u2019 campaigns in the state is now midnight on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in line with Section 98(1) of the Electoral Act 2026, which provides that campaigns shall end 24 hours prior to election day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission urges all political parties, candidates, and stakeholders to strictly adhere to the revised timeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cINEC remains committed to the conduct of free, fair, credible and inclusive elections,\u201d the statement read.<\/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 Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced adjustment for the campaign period ahead of the Osun State governorship election. The adjusted schedule for the election was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by Mohammed Kudu Haruna, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. \u201cThe Independent National Electoral Commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198973","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>INEC adjusts Osun governorship election campaign period - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced adjustment for the campaign period ahead of the Osun ...\" \/>\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\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INEC adjusts Osun governorship election campaign period\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced adjustment for the campaign period ahead of the Osun ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T22:11:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T23:24:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776381835.380706.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\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\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"INEC adjusts Osun governorship election campaign period\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-16T22:11:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-16T23:24:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776381835.380706.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-adjusts-osun-governorship-election-campaign-period\",\"name\":\"INEC adjusts Osun governorship election campaign period - 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