The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the candidates who were voted into the Senate and House of Representatives during the February 25, 2023 presidential and national assembly elections would receive their certificates of return next week.
This resolution was reached at a meeting between the Chairman of the electoral commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
The Chairman of the electoral commission said the newly elected federal lawmakers would receive their certificates on March 7, and 8.
The senators would receive theirs on March 7 while lawmakers in the House of Representatives would receive theirs on March 8.
He also said victors of 423 legislative seats had been announced and that supplementary elections were to take place in 46 constituencies.
It was gathered that 98 out of the 109 senators-elect have been announced while 325 out of the 360 House of Representatives members-elect have been declared winners.
“Senators/House of Reps-elect to receive certificates on 7th, 8th March respectively,” the INEC chairman said.