The Independent National Electoral Commission has assured Nigerians that the 2027 general elections will surpass previous polls in credibility and transparency, pledging to build on past reforms and lessons learned.

INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan, gave the assurance on Sunday while speaking at a Citizens’ Townhall on the Electoral Act 2026 held in Abuja.

“By the grace of God, the 2027 election will be the best Nigeria has ever had,” Amupitan said, noting that Nigerian voters are now more politically conscious and increasingly aware of the link between credible elections and national development.

He stressed that INEC’s objective is to deliver an electoral process that inspires public confidence and legitimacy. “When people trust INEC and the leaders they elect, the country will move forward,” he added.

According to the INEC chairman, the Commission is already intensifying preparations to ensure the credibility of the 2027 polls, with particular attention to logistics and result management—areas he identified as recurring challenges.

“Result management and logistics are critical issues. From our end, we are working to manage them more effectively in order to further enhance transparency and credibility,” he said.

Amupitan also disclosed plans to conduct a mock presidential election ahead of 2027 to test the real-time transmission of results across states.

“Moving forward, we will carry out mock presidential elections to ensure that result transmission across state lines is seamless before the actual polls,” he told participants.

Debates over real-time transmission of election results have dominated public discourse in recent months, especially following controversies surrounding technical failures during the 2023 presidential election.

Addressing those concerns, the INEC chairman assured Nigerians that the issues blamed on a “glitch” during the 2023 polls have been resolved.

“Let me be clear: the glitch has been eliminated. It will not surface again,” he said.

He explained that an internal audit of the 2023 election revealed that while the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) performed well in off-season governorship elections such as those in Osun and Ekiti states, it was not sufficiently stress-tested for the scale and complexity of a nationwide presidential election.

With a year to the general elections, Amupitan expressed confidence that the Commission’s renewed focus on testing, logistics and technology would deliver a more credible and widely accepted electoral outcome in 2027.