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You have 10 days left for primaries in Edo state – INEC tells political parties

You have 10 days left for primaries in Edo state - INEC tells political parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told
political parties interested in the Edo state governorship election that
they have 10 days to conduct their primary election.

The electoral commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made the
announcement during an inter-agency consultative committee on election
meeting on Wednesday June 17.

Mahmood stated that INEC will not extend the deadline for political
parties that fail to submit the names of their candidates for the
election.

He said;

“All political parties interested in fielding candidates for the
election are reminded that they must conclude their primaries for the
nomination of candidates in the next ten days,” Yakubu said.

“The deadline is Saturday, 27th June, 2020. I must stress that the
date is firm and fixed. There will be no extension of the deadline.

“While the conduct of primaries and nomination of candidates will be
the sole responsibility of political parties, our officials will monitor
the primaries as required by law.

“Arising from our experience in managing the nomination of candidates
for the last two governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states, it
is important to draw the attention of political parties to the four
mandatory requirements for eligibility of candidates for governorship
elections enshrined in Section 177 of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“A candidate nominated by a political party must be a Nigerian
citizen by birth; must have attained the age of thirty-five (35) years;
must be a member of, and sponsored by, a political party; and must be
educated up to at least school certificate level or equivalent.

“Adherence to these clear constitutional provisions is compulsory in
order to avoid the unnecessary litigation that follow the nomination of
candidates, some of which are still pending before the courts.”

Security agencies and other stakeholders were also urged to be proactive to protect those participating in the election.

The INEC Chairman added;

“We must safeguard the process and protect all those involved as
voters, INEC officials, observers, the media and even some of the
unarmed security personnel deployed to the polling units. Doing so
requires our professionalism and neutrality.”

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