INEC releases 2019 General Elections Timetable

News Express |10th Jan 2018 | 2,553

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the 2019 general elections timetable and schedule of activities.

The electoral umpire said Presidential and National Assembly primaries would begin on August 18, while campaigns would commence on November 18, 2018.

Campaigns for the Governorship and state assembly are scheduled to kick off on December 1, 2018.

Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16, 2019, while the Governorship, state assembly and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory will take place on March 2, 2019. (Channels TV)

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