The House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 23, amended the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections. This is coming up barely a month after the Independent National Electoral Commission released the timetable for the 2019 General Elections.
New Telegraph reports that the amendment was Tuesday, January 23, at the time of the review of the House of Representatives on the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act 2010.
With the latest amendment, the National Assembly election to be followed first, followed by gubernatorial and state assembly with the presidential election.
INEC chairman Yakubu declared in Abuja that the National Assembly and Presidential elections remain Feb. 16, 2019; while governorship and State House of Assembly elections, will hold on March 2, 2019.
Yakubu said that the conduct of party primaries including the resolution of national and state elections has been closed for between Aug. 18 and 2018 to Oct. 7, 2018.
It has been scheduled for between Sept. 4 and Oct. 27th
Yakubu said the political election campaign would go on Nov. 18 and end on Jan. 14, 2019; while that of governorship and State Houses of Assembly would start on Dec. 1 and end on Feb. 28, 2019.
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