14/02/2014
2015 Elections: INEC releases
time table
on january 25, 2014 at 1:38 am in news
on january 25, 2014 at 1:38 am in news
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Aug 9, 2014: Osun Guber
By Chioma Gabriel, OKEY NDIRIBE, Ishola
Balogun & LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU
The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has fixed February 14,
2015 for next year’s Presidential and
National Assembly elections.
This was contained in a statement issued
last night in Abuja by the Secretary to the
Commission Mrs Augusta Ogakwu.
The statement further indicates that the
Governorship and State House of Assembly
elections would take place on 28, February,
2015.
The Commission’s Scribe also released the
detailed time table for the Ekiti State
governorship elections scheduled to take
place in June this year.
File: Voter casting her vote
The statement shows that June 21, 2014 has
been set aside for the conduct of the Ekiti
State Governorship election, while the Osun
State gubernatorial polls has been
scheduled for August 9, 2014.
For the Ekiti Governorship polls the
detailed electoral time table indicates that
the commission shall issue notice for the
election on March 3, 2014.
The time table further indicates that
commencement of campaigns for the polls
begins on March 23, 2014 while collection
of forms for candidates by their political
parties begins on April 1.
The time table also shows that the last day
for the conduct of party primaries is April
14, 2014.
The table further shows that the last day
for submission of forms CF001 and CF002
at the INEC headquarters is April 21, 2014.
Publication of personal particulars of the
candidates shall take place on April 26,
2014.
The last day set aside for withdrawal by
candidates and their replacement by
political parties has been fixed for 7th May,
2014 while the last day for submission of
nomination forms is fixed for May 20, 2014.
Publication of the official list of voters is
also scheduled for May, 20.
The Commission has set aside publication
of notice of poll for June 4, 2014.
The table also shows that Submission of
names of party agents for the polls to the
Electoral Officer of the Local Government or
Area Council has been fixed for June 5,
2014. The last day for campaigns would be
June 19, 2014.
“The tenure of office of the Governor of
Ekiti State will expire on the 15th day of
October 2014. By virtue of the provision of
Section 178(2) of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as
amended), Governorship election in the
State shall hold not earlier than one
hundred and fifty (150) days and not later
than thirty (30) days before the exiration of
the term of office of the Governor. The
commissionmis by virtue of Section 30 (1)
of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended)
expected to issue notice for the election
not later than ninety (90) days before the
date of the election. The implications of
the above provisions are stated below…
