INEC Rejects Request For Extension Of Deadline For Primaries

INEC Rejects Request For Extension Of Deadline For Primaries- Political Parties

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu revealed this at the commission’s quarterly consultative gathering with heads of 18 enrolled ideological groups on Tuesday in Abuja.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has turned down the interest for an expansion of the cutoff time for the lead of primaries by ideological groups.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu unveiled this at the commission’s quarterly consultative gathering with heads of 18 enrolled ideological groups on Tuesday in Abuja.

The INEC manager talked as Yusuf Yabagi, Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), spoke to the commission to broaden the June 3 cutoff time for ideological groups’ primaries for the 2023 general political race, by two months.
In any case, while excusing such calls, Yakubu said any augmentation in the course of events for an action would influence different exercises and put superfluous squeeze on ideological groups and the commission.
He said that any expansion in the timetable for an action would influence different exercises and put superfluous squeeze on ideological groups and the commission, NAN reports.
“I thusly repeat the place of the Commission that there will be no survey of the courses of events. There are such countless interrelated exercises related with the courses of events that should be completed,” he said.

“Any audit to broaden the course of events for one movement will influence different exercises and put superfluous squeeze on ideological groups and the commission.”

Talking on Ekiti and Osun governorship decisions scheduled for June 18 and July 16, Yakubu said Section 42 of the Electoral Act 2022 expected the commission to welcome ideological groups to investigate tests of materials for the political decision not later than 20 days before the date fixed for an election.Earlier, Yabagi said that the interest for changing the plan and timetable of exercises for the 2023 general races was taken on consistently by the 18 ideological groups at the IPAC general gathering meeting.

“By suggestion, the IPAC administration is interesting to the INEC to broaden the cutoff time for directing party primaries and resolve resulting clashes from the present INEC given date of June 3 to August 4.”

He made sense of that a portion of the issues that made gatherings request an augmentation “depend on specific conditions and improvements that have hampered ideal and severe consistence by the ideological groups to the schedule.”

He recorded a portion of the improvements that were not considered by INEC while drawing up the timetable of exercises as the Ramadan quick, the Eld-el-Fitr and Easter festivals inside the period.