Electoral Commission INEC Releases Timetable For Anambra Governorship Poll As Primaries Begin March 20
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election, with party primaries set to commence on March 20, 2025.
In a statement on Thursday, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, confirmed that the commission held its regular weekly meeting on March 6, 2025, to review preparations for the off-cycle election scheduled for November 8, 2025.
Olumekun explained that as part of the electoral process, the conduct of primaries for the nomination of candidates by political parties will commence in the next two weeks, running from March 20 to April 10, 2025.
INEC had earlier published the Notice of Election on November 13, 2024, in line with Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, which mandates the notice to be issued at least 360 days before the election.
The statement read, “So far, 12 out of the 19 registered Political Parties in the country have submitted the detailed schedules of their primaries.
“As agreed at our last consultative meeting with Political Parties held in January, doing so early will enable the Commission to plan for the effective monitoring of the primaries in line with the provision of Section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022.
“The seven parties that are yet to submit the required information are hereby reminded to do so in earnest.”
He said, “Furthermore, we urge political parties to adhere strictly to their proposed schedules. Sudden changes to the dates, venues and modes of the primaries lead to avoidable demobilisation and remobilisation of our monitoring staff, thereby disrupting the Commission’s workflow.
“This also adds to the cost of monitoring primaries and the overall conduct of elections and electoral activities,” Olumekun added.
