Tag: Party primaries

2023: INEC rules out extension of deadline for parties’ primaries

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), yesterday ruled out the extension of the deadline for the conclusion of primaries by political parties in the country. The Commission had asked the 18 political parties in the country to complete the primaries by June 3. However, the parties had asked INEC to extend the timeline for the exercises by two months. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. He said: “Let me reiterate the position of the Commission that there…

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2023: Political parties demand two months extension of primaries timeline

Aminu Imam

The 18 registered political parties in the country have demanded the extension of the timelines for the conduct of the primary election by 2 months, to enable them to carry out a credible and hitch-free exercise. The chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, made the request at a consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties in Abuja, yesterday. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) had in February released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, directing political…

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2023: FG bars civil servants from partaking in primaries

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has reiterated the prohibition on civil servants to partake in primary elections. This was contained in an issued circular by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Esan, yesterday. The circular came hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), asked political parties to conduct their primaries for the nomination of candidates from April 4 to June 3. The circular, dated May 5, was titled: ‘Clarification on the provision of public service vis-a-vis the Supreme Court judgment as it relates to the participation…

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2023: INEC insists on June 3 deadline for party primaries

Aminu Imam

…Urges political parties to adhere to guidelines The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has urged all political parties in the country to adhere to timelines for the conduct of their primary elections to produce candidates for the 2023 polls, insisting that the deadline remains Friday, June 3, 2022. Recall that on February 26, 2022, the Commission released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election. It provides for parties to conduct their primaries for the nomination of candidates from April 4 to June 3, 2022. A statement…

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2023: Buhari’s ministers, others miss APC resignation deadlines for primaries

Aminu Imam

Some ministers in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari eyeing elective posts in 2023 remained in their offices as of Sunday, further deepening the confusion over their participation in their party’s primaries at the end of the month. The governing All Progressives Congress, (APC), which has the president as the apex leader, had directed ambitious appointees at federal and state levels to resign their offices a month before the party’s primaries. While there has been noticeable compliance at the State level, appointees at the federal level, especially those serving in…

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APC Primaries: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, others scramble for 7,800 delegates

Aminu Imam

Presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), among them Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo; the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, amongst others, are to battle for 7,800 delegates to grab the party’s ticket for the 2023 general elections. According to a document obtained from the party leaders, a total of 7,800 delegates are going to participate in the selection of the presidential candidate of the ruling party. Aside from the trio, five other aspirants; Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State,…

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Ahead of Party primaries congresses & conventions, aspirants bank on massive deployment of Naira, dollar cash

Aminu Imam

Few weeks to the conduct of party primaries in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general election, it is expected that the financial strength of the aspirants will play a huge role in their success at the primaries. Voting at the primaries is expected to be done by delegates, an affair that has often witnessed money-bag politicians deploy massive funds to bribe or secure the votes of these delegates. Consequently, the role of money cannot be underestimated or wished away in the conduct of party primaries or the emergence of party…

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2023: APC fixes dates for presidential, governors’ primaries

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has fixed May 30/31 as the proposed date for its presidential primary election and May 23 for the governorship primary. The party, in a letter, addressed to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, notified the election body of its dates and schedule of its primaries for the nomination of candidates for the 2023 elections. The letter, which was signed by the APC National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, fixed the primary elections for States’ Houses of Assembly for May 11, the…

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APC denies presidential primary timetable in circulation

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has denied knowledge of a purported primary election timetable in circulation on social media as well as in a section of the media. According to the earlier reports, the APC was said to have tentatively fixed primaries to pick its presidential candidate for May 30, 2022, and governorship primaries was also billed to hold on May 24. However, the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, said the party leadership only began the conversation on the subject matter yesterday at a meeting, but that…

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APC moves to bar Senators, House of Rep members from voting in presidential primary

Aminu Imam

A fresh crisis appears to be looming in the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), amidst fresh plans by the APC to bar members of the National Assembly who are not principal officers from taking part in its presidential primaries. Currently, all serving and former members of the APC are allowed to participate in the party’s convention; however, this could change should the amendment scale through. According to Section 12.1 of the current APC constitution, members of the national convention shall include members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), National Chairman…

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