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16 March 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission may be unveiling fresh dates for elections next month in enforcement of a Federal High Court decision which nullified the initial sequence stated in the Electoral Act, NEXT has been informed.
According to the current dates released by INEC late last year, the National Assembly elections are expected to hold April 2, followed by the presidential elections, April 9, and then governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, April 16, 2011.
The dates are based on the recently introduced section 25 of the Electoral Act, which provides that federal legislature elections come first, followed by the presidential elections, and then the governorship and the State Assembly elections.
However, opposition parties had criticised the order, challenging the powers of the National Assembly to determine voting sequence, and arguing that early presidential polls could set in a domino effect, with most candidates and voters subsequently moving to align with the elected president’s party.
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