December 23, (THEWILL) – The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), has fastened February 3, 2024, to conduct reruns and bye-elections throughout the nation.
The Fee’s Nationwide Commissioner and Chairman Info Voter Training Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this on Friday.
Olumekun mentioned the bye-elections resulted from the resignation or loss of life of members of the Nationwide and State Homes of Meeting, including that the vacancies have been declared by the Presiding Officers of the Nationwide Meeting and State Homes of Meeting.
He mentioned the vacancies occurred throughout two Senatorial Districts, 4 Federal Constituencies and three State Constituencies, spanning 9 states of the Federation.
“Moreover, the Fee is conducting re-run elections stemming from the 2023 basic election, as directed by varied Election Petition Enchantment Tribunals. At the moment, 35 constituencies are affected by these court-ordered elections. Whereas three cowl whole constituencies, others contain just a few Polling Models.
“Each classes of elections are scheduled to happen concurrently in all affected constituencies on Saturday, February 3, 2024.
“The timetable for the elections, together with detailed delimitation information (i.e. registration areas, polling unit names, the variety of registered voters and PVCs collected), has been uploaded to our web site and social media platforms as a information to political events and candidates and for public data.
“We urge events and candidates to strictly adhere to the required timelines for the seamless conduct of those elections”, the assertion added.
