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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the deadline of June 17, 2022 for the submission of the list of presidential candidates and their running mates, as well as candidates to the National Assembly, by all political parties.
In particular, he warned that the dedicated portal for the presentation of lists of candidates in national elections will close automatically at 18:00 (18:00) on Friday 17 June 2022.
And for the elections of the governorate and the House of Assembly, the list of candidates will be uploaded from 1 to 15 July 2022.
INEC’s Deadline
INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement Thursday in a meeting with resident electoral commissioners (RECs) in Abuja.
He also said only the names of candidates who emerged from the Democratic primary as required by section 84 of the 2022 Electoral Law should be submitted.
Yakubu said: “All primary ends today Thursday 9 June 2022. For next week starting tomorrow 10 June 2022, all political parties are required to present their list of candidates in national elections (Presidency / Vice President, Senatorial and House of Representatives) by Friday 17 June 2022.
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Yakubu said: “All primaries end today Thursday 9th June 2022. For the next one week from tomorrow 10th June 2022, all Political Parties are required to submit their list of candidates for national elections (Presidential/Vice Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives) latest by Friday 17th June 2022.
“For State elections (Governorship/Deputy Governorship and State Houses of Assembly), the list of candidates shall be uploaded from 1st to 15th July 2022 as already provided in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election already released by the Commission.
“All political parties are required to upload the details of their candidates for each constituency to the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP). To achieve this objective, four officials recommended by each of the 18 political parties were trained on the procedure for uploading the nomination forms to the dedicated web portal.
“Confidential Access Codes to the portal have already been given to each Political Party to facilitate the uploading of its nominations.”
“For emphasis, the Commission wishes to remind Political Parties that only the names of candidates that emerged from democratic primaries as provided by Sec. 84 of the Electoral Act 2022 shall be submitted to the Commission. Similarly, the list of all Presidential and Governorship candidates must be accompanied by the names of their running mates (i.e. Vice Presidential and Deputy Governorship candidates) without which the nomination is invalid”.
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“All nominations must be uploaded to the portal on/or before the deadlines. The portal will automatically shut down at 6.00pm (1800hrs) on Friday 17th June 2022 for national elections and 6.00pm (1800hrs) on Friday 15th July 2022 for State elections.
“With this innovation, the Commission has eliminated the physical interface between party officials and INEC staff for the purpose of submitting the list of candidates for the 2023 General Election”.
“A Nomination Centre has been set up here at the Commission’s Headquarters to receive and process all nominations by political parties, including dedicated telephone lines to serve as Help Desk for any Party that may need assistance”
“In our avowed commitment to openness and transparency of the process, the media will be invited to the Nomination Center so that Nigerians will see our level of preparedness for the exercise,” the commission further said”.