INEC Advises Parties to Adhere to 2023 Election Timetable, Rules
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not relenting in its efforts to ensure strict compliance with the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 general election, as it once again called on political parties to ensure they abide by the rules.
Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu made the call during a Press Conference held at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.
He said “the Commission wishes to reiterate that the dates for all activities in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election, including the conduct of party primaries, are firm and fixed”.
Prof. Yakubu disclosed that; “Already, ten political parties have served notices to the Commission for the conduct of their primaries,” and he warned that “with 52 days to the last day for the conduct of primaries (i.e. 3rd June 2022), political parties are once again admonished to adhere strictly to all dates in the Timetable, including the nomination of their candidates via the INEC web portal”.
“Such nominated candidates must emerge from valid primaries as provided in Section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022. This is necessary to avoid the unhappy consequences of any breach of the Commission’s Timetable or the Electoral Act”, he added.
