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Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, in a statement issued in Abuja, said the commission met on Thursday and deliberated on a number of issues.
Okoye said the issues included the conduct of the area council election in the federal capital territory scheduled for Feb. 12, 2022.
He said eight out of the 14 activities listed for the election had been carried out, including the conduct of primaries and nomination of candidates for the election.
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“Consequently, the Commission has approved the final list of 478 candidates nominated by 14 political parties to contest for 68 constituencies, made up of 110 candidates as Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for the six Area Councils and 363 candidates for 62 councillorship positions,” the statement reads.