The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ensure stricter internal editorial guidelines within media organisations ahead of the 2027 elections.
Amupitan stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 81st General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON).
The chairman in a statement issued on Wednesday by INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi said in the 2027 general election, the most dangerous weapon will not be a ballot-snatcher’s gun, but a smartphone user’s lie amplified by an uncritical broadcast station.
He said there was a need to ensure that Nigeria’s airwaves remained a sanctuary for truth, not a megaphone for chaos.
Amupitan described the information space as the new frontline of democratic contestation, noting that elections are no longer fought solely at polling units but increasingly within the media ecosystem.
He stated: “As we sit here today, April 8, 2026, the countdown has begun: 283 days remain until the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on January 16, 2027, and 304 days until the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections on February 6, 2027.”
The INEC Chairman pointed out that the credibility of those polls would depend not only on logistics and technology, but on how responsibly the airwaves are managed.
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