INEC is seeking the support of  the Civil Society Organizations and the media For Credible Polls.

This was at separate meetings with members of the Civil Society and media organisations at the first quarterly consultative meeting for 2026.

Timothy Yusuf reports that the INEC's first quarterly consultative meeting of 2026 with civil society organizations focused on preparations for the FCT area council Polls, Ekiti and osun governorship elections and the 2027 general election.

Other key areas are continuous voter registration,  collection of PVCs by eligible voters in the FCT,  political parties registration and bye elections in some state constituencies.

In all, INEC is seeking the support of the Civil Society Organizations to urge the national assembly to finalise all processes towards the  amendment of the electoral act to enable the commission release timetable for the 2027 general election. 

INEC also had a similar consultative meeting with the representatives of media organisations.

The election management body solicited the cooperation of the media towards the conduct of free , fair and credible elections as well as deepening the nation's democracy. 

The last consultative meeting like this with Stakeholders held in the last quarter of 2025.