Nnamdi Chukwu
TWELVE out of the 19 registered Political Parties in the country have submitted the detailed schedules of their primaries ahead of the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State scheduled for Saturday 8th November 2025.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having access to this information will enable it to plan for the effective monitoring of the primaries in line with the provision of Section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022.
Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, enjoined the seven parties that are yet to submit the required information to do so in earnest.
“Furthermore, we urge political parties to adhere strictly to their proposed schedules. Sudden changes to the dates, venues and modes of the primaries lead to avoidable demobilisation and remobilisation of our monitoring staff, thereby disrupting the Commission’s workflow. This also adds to the cost of monitoring primaries and the overall conduct of elections and electoral activities”, Sam Olumekun stressed.
It will be recalled that in line with the provision of Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the Commission published the Notice of Election on 13th November 2024, over 360 days before the date fixed for the election.
By the provision of the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election, the conduct of primaries for nomination of candidates by political parties commences in the next two weeks i.e. 20th March 2025 and ends on 10th April 2025.
Anambra State is one of eight states where off-cycle governorship is held at different times. The others include Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi, Ondo, Edo, Osun and Ekiti.
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