The Chairman, AKSIEC, Aniedi Ikoiwak, stated this in Uyo, the state capital while briefing journalists on the level of preparations by the electoral body on Tuesday.
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Hajiya Hawa Habibu, the Director, Election and Party Monitoring, made this development known on Wednesday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ebonyi, Dr Joseph Chukwu, stated this at a meeting with chairmen and leaders of the 18 registered political parties at the commission’s state secretariat Tuesday in Abakaliki.
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known on Tuesday.
Lawyers have become the new voters and courts the new electoral umpires; yet neither the lawyers nor the courts can say exactly where all this would lead or swear that they are in control of the outcome.
Timidi Wariowei, the INEC Head of Voter Education in Edo State, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin that the campaigns officially commenced on June 21.
Justice Anwuli Chikere, on Friday, gave the new date following the court’s inability to sit as scheduled.
Justice Anwuli Chikere, after listening to the parties during the proceeding, said all the processes filed would also be adopted on the adjourned date.
The All Progressives Congress has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to de-register more political parties to sanitise Nigeria’s electoral system.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday deregistered 74 political parties out of the existing 92 registered, leaving the country with 18 registered parties.
The Police in Bayelsa has urged political parties in the state to abide by the electoral rules in the forthcoming local government and gubernatorial elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the large number of political parties that participated in the 2019 general elections created a lot of logistics problem.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday berated political parties for abandoning their agents during the 2019 General Elections.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has advised political parties to resist the urge to impose candidates for leadership positions in the two chambers of the National Assembly.
The National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute have blamed the low voter turnout in the Saturday’s elections on inability of political parties and candidates to ensure adequate sensitisation of the electorate.
No fewer than 70 political parties in Enugu State on Thursday rejected the call for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu.
The Independent National Electoral Commission will only allow and accept party agents with verifiable means of identification, whose names are on the list submitted by political parties at polling stations.
The Forum of All Political Parties in Akwa Ibom has called for the redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mike Igini.
Prof. Lai Olurode, a former National Electoral Commissioner of INEC in 2015, has called for compensation of political parties for the losses brought upon them due to Saturday’s elections postponement.
Six females are among the candidates cleared to contest the Oyo State governorship seat, come March 2, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.