INEC EXPLAINS RATIONALE BEHIND 2023 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS TIMETABLE

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained the rationale behind the timetable for the 2023 Elections campaigns.

The Commission made the clarification in an appearance by its National Commissioner for Voter Education and Public Enlightenment, Mr Festus Okoye, on the TVC Breakfast Show.

Mr Okoye while speaking exclusively to TVC News Breakfast said the decision by the commission to allow an unusually long period between the end of party primaries, campaign, and the general election is to ensure that the parties have the opportunity of putting their houses in order.

He added that the 150-day interval between the elections and the end of primaries and campaigning also allows parties to go to the nook and crannies of Nigeria with their ideologies and programs.

He disclosed that the commission wants members of the public to vote and make the decision about their choices rationally adding that it is a fundamental part of the reasoning for the decision to have an extended campaign period for the election.