The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
extended the deadline for the conduct of party primaries.
The commission disclosed this in a statement on Friday,
signed by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner in charge of information and
voter education.
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) had requested an
extension of the deadline for primaries to a date between June 3 and June 10.
In a statement after a meeting involving IPAC and INEC on Friday,
the commission said it had granted the request of political parties to extend
the deadline.
“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.”
More to follow…
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