Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed the governorship election for Kogi State for Saturday, November 21 this year. The Commission also fixed the Bayelsa state governorship poll for Saturday, December 5.
A statement signed by the INEC’s information and voters’ education committee chairman, Dr. Chris O, Iyimoga said that the dates for elections in the two states were reached at a meeting stakeholders of the Commission held on July 5th.
The statement said that campaigns by political parties would commence on July 24 and end on November 19 for Kogi state while the campaigns for Bayelsa commence on September 6 and end on December 3, even as it indicated that formal notices of the election would be issued on or before August 23 and September 25 respectively, “in accordance with the provisions of the electoral Act, 2010 (as amended)”
It said that the conduct of party primaries to nominate candidates for the elections would be done between August 25 and September 25 for Kogi and between September 7 and 30 for Bayelsa.
The statement added that the last day for submission of the list of candidates (CF002) and personal particulars of such candidates (CF001) for governorship and Deputy governorship candidates would be November 14 for Kogi and October 7 for Bayelsa.
INEC assured that other details pertaining to the conduct of both elections would be announced in due course, even as it directed those who are interested in more informtion about the elections to visit its website: www.inecnigeria.org.
