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INEC Releases Timetable For 2025 Anambra Governorship Election, Party Primaries Begin March 20
The off-cycle governorship election itself is scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Abuja, Nigeria -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election, with political parties set to commence their primaries on March 20, 2025.
In a statement on Thursday, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, confirmed that the Commission reviewed its preparations during its regular weekly meeting on March 6, 2025.
According to the timetable, party primaries for the nomination of candidates will take place between March 20 and April 10, 2025.
The off-cycle governorship election itself is scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Olumekun noted that INEC had earlier published the Notice of Election on November 13, 2024, in compliance with Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, which mandates the announcement of elections at least 360 days in advance.
The statement read, “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,” Olumekun added.
