INEC Releases Timetable For 2019 Elections

INEC Releases Timetable For 2019 Elections

Campaign for the presidential and governorship elections in 2019 will begin in November, the Independent National Electoral Commission said in a timetable released on Tuesday.

According to the timetable, campaign for the presidential and National Assembly election will start on November 18, while the campaign for the governorship will begin on November 2.

Party primaries, including the resolution of disputes arising from primaries, have been fixed for between August 18, 2018 to October 7, 2018 for national and state elections.

Primaries for the FCT Area Council are slated for between September 4 and October 27, 2018.

The INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahamood Yakubu, told journalists Tuesday in Abuja that the commission arrived at the schedule of activities after its meeting held on Tuesday.

According to Yakubu, the Publication of Notice of Election for National and State Elections would be on August 17, 2018, while that of the FCT Area Council Elections would be done on September 3, 2018.

Collection of nomination forms by political parties for national and state elections holds from August 11 to 24, while that of the FCT Area Council elections would be between November 3 and 10, 2018.

Commencement of campaign for the FCT Area Council elections will begin on  December 2.

The last day for the submission of nomination forms to INEC is December 3, 2018 for Presidential and National Assembly Elections; December 17 for Governorship and State Assembly; and December 14, 2018 for the FCT Area Council Elections.

INEC equally fixed the last day for campaigns for February 14, 2019 for Presidential and National Assembly Elections as well as February 28, 2018 for Governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council Elections.

Yakubu said: “Today, it is exactly 402 days to the opening of polling units nationwide at 8am on Saturday 16th February 2019.