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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, released the final list of candidates for the February 12, 2022, Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said that 478 candidates were nominated by 14 political parties to contest for 68 constituencies in the election. He noted that 110 candidates would contest chairmanship and vice chairmanship positions for the six area councils, while 363 candidates were vying for 62 councillorship positions. x “The detailed list of the names, gender, age, academic qualification and disability (if any) of the candidates has been published in the commission’s FCT office and uploaded on our website and social media platforms, in compliance with the requirement of Section 34 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and for public information,” he added. ....
Advertisement 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. Advertisement “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. ....
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INEC: We’ll comply with valid court order on Anambra guber candidates July 27 Advertisement In the list published on July 16, INEC excluded the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and picked Michael Umeoji over Charles Soludo for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). In a ruling, a federal high court sitting in Awka, ordered INEC to recognise Soludo as the APGA governorship candidate. Similarly, a federal high court in Awka ordered INEC to publish the nameof Valentine Ozigbo as candidate of the PDP. Advertisement declared Ugochukwu Uba as the PDP candidate for the governorship election. Reacting to the development, Festus Okoye, INEC’s commissioner for information and voter education, in an interview on Channels Television, on Tuesday, said the particulars of candidates published by the commission still remains. ....
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