By Joy Odor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Thursday affirmed that the activities for the conduct and nomination of candidates by Political Parties for the primary election in Anambra State commences in the next two weeks from 20th March 2025 and ends on 10th April 2025.
Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner & Chairman
Information and Voter Education Committee disclosed this in Abuja in a press statement shortly after its regular weekly meeting in preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship election in Anambra State, scheduled for Saturday 8th November 2025.
According to the statement, doing so early will enable the Commission to plan for the effective monitoring of the primaries in line with the provision of Section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022.
The statement informed that so far, 12 out of the 19 registered Political Parties in the country have submitted the detailed schedules of their primaries while the seven parties that are yet to submit the required information are reminded to do so in earnest.
It charged Political Parties to adhere strictly to their proposed schedules, noting that 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.
The statement maintained that the sudden changes would add to the cost of monitoring primaries and the overall conduct of elections and electoral activities.
“The public may recall 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” it said.
