The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State chapter, has lamented that six months to the end of the tenure of the incumbent governor, Captain, Wada Idris, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to blow whistle for political activities to begin in the state.
Media Adviser to the State APC Chairman, Dr. Umar Akwu Goodman, who spoke to newsmen on behalf of the state party chairman, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo 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.”
According to him, INEC’s Public Relations Officer in the State had recently confirmed that there has not been any official communication from the INEC headquarters in Abuja in respect of the time table.
“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. [myad]
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