Political parties on Thursday resorted to last-minute rush to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the submission of list of candidates for 2019 general election.
INEC had scheduled the submission of candidates’ names for the presidential and national assembly between October 10 and October 18, and deadline for the governorship and state assemblies election on November 2.
As of 6pm when NAN correspondents arrived at International Conference Center (ICC), Abuja, venue of the exercise, many party leaders and representatives were just arriving at the place.
Some of the party leaders and candidates who spoke with NAN, attributed the delay in submission to the cumbersome process involved in the filling of the forms.
To fast track the submission process, INEC grouped the political parties into seven teams, comprising 13 parties in each group.
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