THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a timetable for by-election into the Katsina Federal Constituency.
The Director of Election and Party Monitoring, Bala Shittu, said the poll would hold on August 8.
A meeting with stakeholders in preparation for the election was held on Wednesday.
Party primaries and collection of forms, according to INEC’s timetable, were slated for July 25 to August 7. The last day for the submission of forms is July 27.
INEC is expected to publish the list of nominated candidates between July 29 and 30.
Campaign is to end on August 7, according to the commission’s daily bulletin.
INEC has registered a new party, the Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC), bringing the number of parties to 29.
The registration, according to the commission’s in-house bulletin, came at the end of its meeting on June 19.
According to a letter to the National Chairman of the party, signed by INEC’s Secretary, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu, DPC’s constitution, manifesto, logo/flag and the list of the national executive officers were also approved.
The letter said the certificate of registration would be issued in due course.