From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released schedule for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election.
Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the fourth regular consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja, said the poll will hold on November 8.
He explained that it was in compliance with the mandatory requirement of 360 days, the formal notice for the election to be published on November 13.
He noted that party primaries will be held between March 20, 2025 to April 10, 2025, while the candidate nomination portal will open at on April 18, 2025 and close at 6.00pm on May 12 2025.
The electoral umpire disclosed that the final list of candidates will be published on June 9, 2025, emphasising: “As you are aware, the last governorship election in Anambra State was held on 6th November 2021. By the effluxion of time, the governorship election is due next year. Consequently, the commission has approved that the 2025 Anambra State governorship election will hold on Saturday, November 8, 2025.”
“In compliance with the mandatory requirement of 360 days, the formal notice for the election will be published on November 13, 2024. Party primaries will be held from 20th March 2025 to 10th April 2025. The candidate nomination portal will open at 9.00am on 18th April 2025 and close at 6.00pm on 12th May 2025. The final list of candidates will be published on 9th June 2025.
“Campaign in public by political parties will commence on June 11, 2025 and end at midnight of Thursday, November 6, 2025. Voting will take place in all the 5,720 Polling Units across the State on Saturday 8th November 2025. In the coming weeks, the Commission will provide details of other electoral activities, including the registration of new voters, transfer of voters and the replacement of lost or damaged PVCs,” Yakubu noted.
The commission pleaded with the political parties to use the INEC timetable to come up with their own timetable and schedule of activities to enable them work together and plan better for the deployment of personnel and resources for the monitoring of party primaries and campaign activities.
“By doing so, you will avoid the last minute rush with the attendant inability to meet deadlines,” he admonished.
On the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, he said: “With this development, we have successfully accomplished 10 out of the 13 activities listed in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.
“The remaining activities are the publication of the Notice of Poll, the Last Day of Campaign and Election Day. Although we have already published the timetable, we are once again including copies in your folders for this meeting for guidance,” he said.
