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INEC confirms readiness to conduct Anambra guber election, 8th November

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its readiness to conduct off-cycle Governorship election in Anambra State.
INEC’s National Commissioner & Chairman for Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun confirmed this via a statement made available to our Correspondent.
The governorship election is scheduled for Saturday, 8th November, 2025.
So far, 12 out of the 19 registered Political Parties accredited by the Commission have submitted the detailed schedules of their party primaries.
Mr. Olumekun in the statement said: “The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 6th March 2025.
“Among other issues, the Commission reviewed its preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship election in Anambra State, scheduled for Saturday 8th November 2025.
“The public may recall that in line with the provision of Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the Commission published the Notice of Election on 13th November 2024, over 360 days before the date fixed for the election.
“By the provision of the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election, the conduct of primaries for nomination of candidates by Political Parties commences in the next two weeks i.e. 20th March 2025 and ends on 10th April 2025.
“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.
“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.”
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