INEC extends election timetable after parties pleaded

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the deadline for the conduct of party primaries.

Political parties including the All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party and others had consistently pestered INEC for an extension. They made the request under the auspices of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC).

The commission, in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, the INEC national commissioner for information and voter education said, “The idea is to simply give parties time to compile the list and personal particulars of their nominated candidates before uploading same to the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal from 10th – 17th June 2022.”

“Based on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election, the parties have now pleaded with the Commission to use the 6-day period between 4th and 9th June 2022 to conclude outstanding primaries and prepare to upload the list of candidates and their affidavits on the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal,” the statement reads.

“The Commission did not schedule any specific activity during this period. The idea is to simply give parties time to compile the list and personal particulars of their nominated candidates before uploading same to the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal from 10th – 17th June 2022.

“The Commission has decided to allow the request of the political parties, since the six-day period does not conflict with the next scheduled activity which is the submission of the list of nominated candidates or any of the subsequent timelines which remain sacrosanct.” no

 

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