The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State chapter, has called
on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release time
table for the State’s governorship election.
Media Adviser to Kogi
State APC Chairman, Dr. Umar Akwu Goodman made the call on behalf of
the state party chairman, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo yesterday in Abuja.
Goodman,
who spoke to DAILY POST, said “the handover date from the current
administration in Kogi State is scheduled for 27th January, 2016, which
is just six months away, yet there is no political activity going on in
the state as the time table is being awaited”.
The
All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State chapter, has called on the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release time table
for the State’s governorship election.
Media Adviser to Kogi State
APC Chairman, Dr. Umar Akwu Goodman made the call on behalf of the
state party chairman, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo yesterday in Abuja.
Goodman,
who spoke to DAILY POST, said “the handover date from the current
administration in Kogi State is scheduled for 27th January, 2016, which
is just six months away, yet there is no political activity going on in
the state as the time table is being awaited”.
He
added that his latest call to the Public Relations Officer of the INEC
in Kogi State, confirmed that there has not been any official
communication from the INEC headquarters in Abuja in respect of the time
table.
Goodman
said, “Electoral law 2012 as amended stipulates various time spaces
between electioneering campaign, primaries election and general
elections and also between general elections and handing over, which
should not be less than 3 months.
“Kogi state has 21 local
government areas and about 239 wards, all of which the aspirants need to
visit to canvas for delegate votes prior to the primaries; but there is
no time table to determine the electioneering campaign timing that
ushers in primaries”.
He,
therefore, called on the INEC to speedy up the process of releasing the
election time table and save the state and other stakeholders the
frustrations arising from the usual fire brigade approach in general
elections in the state.
(Daily Post)
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