Ahead of the August 314 local government election, the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) has announce the review of the local government election timeline.
Chairman of the commission, Ayuba Wandai Usman, said this yesterday in Lafia when he met with members of the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC).
The NASIEC Chairman pointed out that while the date for the elections remains unchanged, the commission found it necessary to adjust the timeline for the election.
He added that the commission saw it expedient to re-jig the election timeline in order to conduct a free, fair, and credible election, adding that NASIEC not only adjusted the timeline but also introduced new schedules.
According to him, the NASIEC reviewed the time for the conduct of primary elections by political parties participating in the exercise earlier slated to hold between January 3 and February 10.
He said that conduct of party primary elections and resolution arising from the primaries will now be held between Wednesday, January 3 to Saturday, February 24, for both chairmanship and councillorship elections.
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He said NASIEC has fixed February 27, as the last day for political parties to submit their list of candidates.
Also, for the collection and submission of nomination forms, the commission is fixed between February 28 and March 11.
“Publication of final lists of nominated candidates will be on April 3, while political campaign will commence on April 3, to Friday, August 30,” Wandai said.
He emphasized that the local government elections would hold on August 31 as earlier scheduled.
Responding, Nasarawa State Chairman of the Inter Party Advisory Council, Mr Cletus Ogah, while commending the NASIEC on its preparation to conduct the 2024 local government election, welcomed the adjustment of the election timeline which he said is in favour of political parties.
