INEC announces date for Anambra governorship election

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Nov. 8, 2025 for the conduct of Anambra governorship election.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a regular consultative meeting of the commission with political parties in Abuja on Thursday.

Yakubu said that the announcement was in line with Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 which required the commission to issue the notice for election, not later than 360 days before the date of such an election.

“As you are aware, the last governorship election in Anambra State was held on Nov. 6, 2021. By the effluxion of time, the governorship election is due next year.

“Consequently, the commission has approved that the 2025 Anambra State governorship election should hold on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

“In compliance with the mandatory requirement of 360 days, the formal notice for the election will be published on Nov. 13, 2024

Party primaries will be held from March 20, 2025 to April 10, 2025. The candidate nomination portal will open at 9 a.m. on April 18, 2025 and close at 6 p.m. on May 12, 2025.

“The final list of candidates will be published on June 9, 2025. Campaign in public by political parties will commence on June 11, 2025 and end at midnight of Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.

“Voting will take place in all the 5,720 polling units across the state on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025,” Yakubu said.

He said that in the coming weeks, INEC would provide details of other electoral activities, including the registration of new voters, transfer of voters and the replacement of lost or damaged PVCs.

He stated that the detailed timetable and schedule of activities for the election would be uploaded to INEC website and social media platforms before the end of the meeting.

Yakubu also said that the hard copies of the timetable and schedule of activities would be made available to the party leaders.

He urged political parties to use the INEC timetable to come up with their own timetable and schedule of activities to enable the commission to work with them.

This, according to him, will also help INEC to plan better for the deployment of personnel and resources for the monitoring of party primaries and campaign activities.

“By doing so, you will avoid the last-minute rush, with the attendant inability to meet deadlines,” he said.

On the forthcoming Ondo governorship election, Yakubu said that INEC had successfully accomplished 10 out of the 13 activities listed in its timetable and schedule of activities for the exercise.