Amupitan assures Nigerians of best ever 2027 General Elections

*Prof. Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, assures the Nigerian electorate of credible, best ever General Elections in 2027

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

As the Commission intensifies preparations for next year’s polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians of credible 2027 General Elections.

ConsumerConnect reports Prof. Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, Chairman of INEC, stated this Sunday, March 2, 2026, during a Citizens’ Town Hall held on the amended 2026 Electoral Act.

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Amupitan averred: “By the grace of God, the 2027 election will be the best Nigeria has ever had.

“The electorate of 2027 is more aware and understands the direct correlation between elections and national development.”

The Chairman of the Commission also said: “We want a process that guarantees the legitimacy and confidence people want to see in their system.

“When people trust INEC and their leaders, the country will move forward.”

Underscoring the importance of conducting credible elections, Prof. Amupitan said: “Nobody is happy about the classification of Nigeria as an underdeveloped economy.”

According to the INEC boss, the electoral body is putting in the needed work to ensure that next year’s polls are credible.

As regards identified challenges of election administration in Nigeria, the INEC Chairman pinpointed logistical issues as one of the challenges facing INEC in conducting elections in the West African country.

He further stated: “So result management and logistics are two basic issues that, from our own end, we’re trying to see how best we’re able to manage them very well, so as to enhance the transparency and credibility of the system.”

On electronic transmission of results

Against the backdrop of the topical issue of ” “electronic transmission” of results that has dominated public discourse in recent times, Amupitan disclosed the INEC would conduct a mock Presidential Election to test-run the transmission process for the 2027 General Elections.

He told his audience: “Moving forward, we will conduct mock Presidential Election to ensure that transmission across state lines is seamless before the actual voting.”

It is recalled that intense debates about the “real-time transmission” of election results have dominated headlines in Nigeria in recent months.

The pressing issue has been a subject of intense debates in the 2027 Presidential Election after INEC reported a “glitch” in the transmission of the results for the polls.

However, Amupitan, who is a professor of Law, is assuring Nigerians of better days ahead, one year ahead of the General Elections, report said.

The Chairman noted: “Regarding the ‘glitch’ that was blamed for issues in 2023, let me be clear: the glitch is eliminated. It will not surface again.

“My audit of the 2023 election showed that while the BVAS (Bimodal Voter Accreditation System) was tested in state-level elections like Osun and Ekiti, it was not properly tested for the scale of an interstate presidential election.”

Amupitan also explained: “During the last FCT election, apart from that delay, we didn’t have any transmission failure, meaning that it is just a proviso, a safety.

“If it fails, results must still be transmitted. But our determination is that it will not fail.”

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