Nigeria’s EMB, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), recently released the timetable of the 2014 Ekiti State Governorship Election, Below is the official timeline.
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S/No.
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Activity
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Date
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Remarks
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1
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Notice of Election
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3rd March 2014
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Section 30(1) of the Electoral act, 2010 provides not later than 90 Days before the election.
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2
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Commencement of campaigning by political parties in public
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23rd March 2014
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Section 99 (1) of the Electoral act, 2010 provides not later than 90 Polling days.
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3
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Collection of forms for the election by Political parties at INEC Headquarters
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1st April 2014
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To enable political parties to submit Names of their candidates in a prescribed form
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4
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Last date for conduct of party primaries including resolution of disputes arising from the primaries
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14th April 2014
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To enable political parties democratically nominate candidates for the election as required by section 87 of the electoral Act 2010
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5
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Last day of submission of forms CF001 and CF002 at the INEC Headquarters
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21st April 2014
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Section 31(1) of the electoral act 2010 provides for not later than 60 days before the election
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6
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Publication of personal particulars of candidates (CF001)
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26th April 2014
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Section 31(3) of the electoral act 2010 provides for publication within 7 days of the receipt of the form CF001
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7
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Last day for withdrawal by candidate(s)/replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties
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7th May 2014
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Section 35(1) of the electoral act Provides not later than 45 days To the election
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8
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Last day of the submission of nomination forms by political parties.
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20th May 2014
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To enable political parties comply with Section 32(1) of the electoral Act 2010 (as amended)
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9
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Publication of official register of voters for the election.
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20th May 2014
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Section 20 of the electoral act provides not later than 30 days before the election
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10
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Publication of list of nominated candidates.
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20th May 2014
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Section 34 of the electoral act 2010 provides at least 30 days before the election.
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11
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Publication of Notice of poll.
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4th June 2014
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Section 46 of the electoral act 2010 provides not later than 14 days before the election.
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12
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Submission of names of party agents for the election to the Electoral Officer of the Local Government or Area Council.
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5th June 2014
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Section 45 of the electoral act 2010 provides not later than 7 days before the election
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13
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Last day for Campaigns.
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19th June 2014
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Section 99(1) of the electoral act 2010 prohibits advertisement or broadcasts of campaigns 24 hours prior to the day of election.
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14
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Date of election
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21st June 2014
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Section 25 of the electoral act 2010, dates of election to be appointed by the commission.
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NOTE:(I) Run off election to the office of Governor of a State (if any) will be held within 7 days after the announcement of the result in accordance with section 179 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).