2019: INEC says presidential election would hold on Feb 16

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, announced that the presidential election will hold on February 16, 2019.

Also scheduled for the same day is the election into the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement  at an induction  retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners in Uyo,Akwa Ibom State.

The governorship, state assembly and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory will follow on  March 2, 2019, Yakubu said.

The implementation of the 2019 Election Project Plan is to begin on   January 1, 2018.

He said an additional 3,630,529 voters were registered in the recent continuous registration.

”This is an important development in our efforts to ensure that electoral services offered to Nigerians are better, more frequent and easier to access than ever before,” he said.

This exercise will continue until 60 days to the 2019 general elections, as a provided by the Electoral Act.

 

 


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