Anambra Governorship Election To Hold November 18 – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed November 18 for the conduct of the Anambra state gubernatorial election.

National Commissioner, Solomon Soyebi, who revealed during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that the 1999 Constitution as amended, and the Electoral Act, had stipulated that the earliest day for the conduct of the election shall be October 18, 2017 while latest date for the election shall be Feb 14, 2018.

Soyebi added that the constitution also stipulated that the tenure of the state governor would expire on March 16, 2018.

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INEC timetable for the election further indicates that campaigns by political parties will commence on the 18th of August 2017 and close on the 16th of November, 2016, while primaries will be held between July 22 and September 2.

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