The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 16, 2019 as the date for the next presidential election in the country.
INEC officials announcing the date for the 2019 presidential election.
The INEC national commissioner in charge south west, Solomon Soyebi, made announcement at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, March 9, The Punch reports
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Soyebi disclosed that the commission also fixed the governorship/state assembly/Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections for Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Meanwhile, INEC has been asked to review and amen the 2010 Electoral Act before the 2019 polls.
A conglomeration of 25 Nigerian political parties acting on the platform of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), made the demand on Wednesday, March 8.
The parties also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission in its recent step to discipline erring officials involved in irregularities, corruption and malpractices in the Rivers State rerun elections.
The parties include the Labour Party, Progressive Peoples Alliance, Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Accord Party, African Democratic Congress, Democratic Peoples Congress, National Conscience Party and Progressive Peoples Alliance.
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