INEC Gives Deadline for Submission of Presidential Candidates, Running Mates
June 17 2022 has been given as the deadline for the submission of names of Presidential candidates and their running mates from.political parties wishing to contest the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
The Commission also warned that the dedicated portal for the submission of the list of candidates for national assembly elections will automatically shut down at 6.00 pm (1800hrs) on Friday 17th June 2022.
INEC however noted that for the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the list of candidates shall be uploaded from 1st to 15th July 2022.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, gave the hint at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja on Thursday.
The Commission stressed further that only names of candidates that emerged from democratic primaries as provided by Sec. 84 of the Electoral Act 2022 shall be submitted.
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
