Commission (INEC) released the timetable for
the 2015 general elections in the night of
January 24, 2014, Friday.
The Commission also announced the timetable for
the conduct of the governorship election in both
Ekiti and Osun States. Both states have early
elections.
In a three-paragraph statement INEC revealed that
the presidential and National Assembly elections
would come first.
Nigerians will elect the President, as well as the
members of the national legislature , on February
14, 2015.
Elections for governors, as well as members of the
36 state houses of assembly, are scheduled for
February 28, 2015.
The Ekiti State governorship election is to hold on
June 21, 2014 while that of Osun State will hold on
August 9, 2014.
It would be noted that INEC faces a major test and
unprecedented challenge in conducting next year's
general elections.
The recent upheavals in the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, as well as a dramatic rise in the
rhetoric of supporters and opponents of President
Goodluck Jonathan, have provoked speculations
that a rigged election could precipitate a level of
post-poll violence that has not been witnessed in
Nigeria in a long time.
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