{"id":181627,"date":"2022-04-22T16:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=181627"},"modified":"2022-04-22T16:26:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:26:11","slug":"2023-inec-chairman-issues-directive-to-political-parties-ahead-of-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/2023-inec-chairman-issues-directive-to-political-parties-ahead-of-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: INEC Chairman issues directive to political parties ahead of primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the Commission, 30 days before their primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/28\/inec-boss-mahmood-yakubu-says-41-offices-destroyed-in-14-states-since-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahmood Yakubu<\/a> said the directive was in compliance with the new Electoral Act 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu spoke at the second regular quarterly meeting of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Thursday, NAN reports.<\/p>\n<p>The INEC boss explained that the new Electoral Act made it mandatory for political parties to submit their registered members to the Commission 30 days before their primaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me also seize this opportunity to remind political parties that by the provision of Section 77 of the Electoral Act 2022; each party is required to maintain a membership register in hard and soft copy and to make such register available to the Commission not later than 30 days before the date fixed for primaries, congresses and conventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, only one political party has complied. 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