Afrigather The marketing campaign for presidential and Nationwide Meeting seats formally kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria.
In accordance with Part 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, marketing campaign in public by all political events “commences 150 days earlier than polling day [Editor’s note: Sept.28] and ends 24 hours previous to that day”.
On September 20, the Fee revealed the ultimate record of candidates for nationwide elections – Presidential, Senatorial and Home of Representatives – as supplied in Sec. 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and the Timetable and Schedule of Actions launched by the Fee.
18 candidates are vying to change into Mohammadu Buhari’s successor and the sixteenth President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Just one girl is among the many 18 presidential candidates listed by Nigeria’s Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, or INEC, on Tuesday.
The marketing campaign for the governorship and State Homes of Meeting will begin on October,12.
Talking at a meeting organised the by Centre for Democracy and Growth on Sept.1 st, the chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) appealed “to all political events and candidates to concentrate on issue-based campaigns”.
“That is one of the best ways to enrich our efforts to make sure clear elections during which solely the votes solid by residents decide the winner”, Mahmood Yakubu added.
Upcoming challenges
The electoral commission projected that 95 million voters would take part within the February election. Safety and financial crises have brought on hardship for most of the greater than 200 million residents of Africa’s most populous nation.
Regardless of being one of many continent’s high oil producers, Nigeria is grappling with a 33% unemployment fee and a 40% poverty fee, in accordance with the newest authorities statistics.
The nation has additionally battled an insurgency by Islamic extremist rebels within the northeast, in addition to armed violence now spreading throughout elements of the northwest and southeast areas.
Extra sources • AP – INEC
