Kogi fixes date for 2026 local government elections

By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja

The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) has announced that section authorities elections successful the authorities volition clasp connected Saturday, October 17, 2026.

Chairman of the commission, Mamman Nda Eri, made the announcement connected Wednesday during a stakeholders’ gathering successful Lokoja, wherever helium formally issued the Notice of Election successful enactment with law and ineligible provisions.

Eri said KOSIEC’s determination was successful accordance with the powers conferred connected it by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022, and the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission Law, 2025.

“This announcement is hereby published successful compliance with Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022, which mandates the Commission to people a announcement of predetermination not aboriginal than 360 days earlier the day appointed for the election,” helium stated.

According to him, the elections volition beryllium conducted for the offices of Chairmen of the 21 Local Government Areas and Councillors of the 239 Electoral Wards crossed Kogi State.

Eri besides announced that the elaborate timetable and docket of activities for the 2026 Local Government Elections — including the behaviour of enactment primaries, submission and work of candidates’ lists, run period, and different pre-election activities — volition beryllium released connected Friday, October 24, 2025.

He emphasized that lone governmental parties duly registered and recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would beryllium eligible to sponsor candidates, successful enactment with applicable laws and guidelines.

The KOSIEC president urged each governmental parties, aspirants, and stakeholders to adhere strictly to the electoral timetable, the Electoral Act, 2022, the KOSIEC Law, 2025, and the Guidelines to guarantee free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections crossed the state.

He recalled that the existent section authorities chairmen and councillors were sworn successful connected October 23, 2024, for a two-year tenure, arsenic provided by the state’s electoral law.

The station Kogi fixes day for 2026 section authorities elections appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.