The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timelines for the Kogi and Bayelsa Governorship elections billed for November 16, 2019.
INEC, also released timelines for party primary elections in both states, which is scheduled for August 18, 2019, to September 5, 2019.
The electoral umpire further urged that the conduct of primaries and nomination of candidates should be transparent and democratic in accordance with the provision of the Electoral Act, as well as INEC’s regulations and guidelines.
The Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking at the presentation of certificates of return to election winners from Zamfara state, tasked political parties to conduct credible primaries for the nomination of candidates in a bid to strengthen the electoral jurisprudence in the country.
Professor Yakubu disclosed that a total of 64 certificates of return had been withdrawn and issued to persons declared winners by courts of law.
He, however informed that peace efforts in both states have started in a bid to have violent-free elections.
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