The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed a new date for its presidential and all other primary elections.
This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morka.
The statement was titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’.
He said the new dates were approved by the party’s National Working Committee at its meeting on Wednesday.
Morka said the presidential primary would hold on May 29, 2022.
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The statement read, “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday, 18th of May, 2022, approved an adjusted Timetable/Schedule of Activities for the Governorship, State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate and Presidential primaries and appeals as follows:
“Governorship and House of Representatives – Thursday, 26th of May, 2022.
“Senate and House of Assembly – Friday, 27th of May, 2022.
“For election appeals: Governorship and House of Representatives – Friday, 27th of May, 2022.
“Senate and House of Assembly – Saturday, 28th of May, 2022.
Special convention for presidential primaries holds Sunday 29th – Monday, 30th of May, 2022.”
Based on the schedule released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2023 general elections, all political parties are to have held their primaries by June 3.
