The INEC national chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu revealed this to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Yakubu said the commission arrived at the schedule of activities after its meeting held on the same day.
He also said that it would go ahead with its earlier plan to conduct the Anambra Central senatorial district election on January 13.
He says: “We are going by the orders of the Court of Appeal that INEC should conduct a fresh election within 90 days and the position of the court has not changed. So, there will be elections in Anambra Central on January 13, 2018.”
The INEC boss also revealed the election timeline, which is summarised below.
Summary of election timetable of the election timetable announced by the INEC boss.
#1. Notice of Election
National and state elections: August 17, 2018
FCT area council elections: September 3, 2018.
#2. Collection of nomination forms by political parties
National and state elections: August 11 to 24
FCT area council elections: November 3 and 10, 2018.
#3. Commencement of campaign by political parties
Presidential and national assembly elections: November 18 for.
Governorship and state assembly elections: December 1
FCT area council elections: December 2
#4. Last day for the submission of nomination forms to INEC
Presidential and national assembly elections: December 3, 2018
Governorship and state assembly elections: December 17
FCT area council election: December 14, 2018.
#5. Last day for campaigns
Presidential and national assembly elections: February 14, 2019
Governorship, state Assembly and FCT area council elections: February 28
#6. Elections day
Presidential and national assembly elections: 16th February 2019
Governorship and state assembly elections: 2nd March 2019.
FCT chairmen and councillors elections: 2nd March 2019
Earlier in March 2017, INEC had announced that it had decided to hold the “presidential and national assembly elections on the 3rd Saturday of the month of February of each election year, while governorship and state assembly elections will hold two weeks later.
“When the end of the tenure of the FCT Area Councils coincide with the general election, the FCT Council elections are to be combined with the governorship and state assembly elections.
“By these decisions, the Commission fixed Saturday 16th February 2019 as the date for presidential and national assembly elections while governorship and state assembly elections will hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019.
“Since the end of the tenure of FCT Chairmen and Councillors will end in 2019, the Area Council elections will also hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019. Consequently, while other Nigerians elect their Governors and Members of State Assemblies, citizens in the FCT will elect Chairmen and Councillors for the Area Councils”
This time we should know who we are voting for and make sure he’s a credible candidate
How? It’s not like credible is written on their faces
If you like release timetable, I still won’t vote. It’s high time naija take a break from leaders sef