{"id":15971,"date":"2021-04-01T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=15971"},"modified":"2021-04-01T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:42:00","slug":"inec-fixes-fct-council-election-for-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/01\/inec-fixes-fct-council-election-for-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC fixes FCT council election for February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday fixed February 12, 2022, for election into the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/22\/2023-elections-inec-to-resume-voters-registration-in-q2-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEC<\/a> National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye disclosed that the three-year tenure of the six chairmen and 62 councillors would expire in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cBy virtue of Section 108 (1) &amp; (3) and 113 (1)(a) and (b) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), election into all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/obaseki-dissolves-lgas-as-chairmen-tenure-ends-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">area councils<\/a> shall be held on the same date and time throughout the FCT. This shall take place not less 150 days before and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder of that office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, by section 113 of the Electoral Act, an area council shall stand dissolved at the expiration of a three year period, starting from the date the chairman took the oath of office, or when the legislative arm of the council was inaugurated, whichever is earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chairman and councillors of the area councils were elected on the March 9, 2019, and sworn in on the May 19, 2019 and by paragraph 1\u00a9 of the commission\u2019s guidelines and regulations, \u201cwhere the end of the tenure of FCT Area Council does not coincide with a general election year, the election to the office of the chairman, vice-chairman and councillors of the area councils shall hold on Saturday closest to 100 days to the end of the tenure of the elected officials of the area councils.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lamented about the spate of acrimonious primaries, as well as the nomination of unqualified candidates, which results in avoidable litigations, and the nullification of elections by election petition tribunals.<\/p>\n<p>The FCT is the only part of the country where INEC is responsible for the conduct of council election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday fixed February 12, 2022, for election into the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja. 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