INEC to release final list of governorship, state assemblies today
*Insists APC won’t field candidates in Zamfara
INEC said the status quo remained unchanged.
He said, “The Independent National Electoral Commission met on Wednesday, January 30 2019 and among other things approved the final list of candidates for the governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council elections scheduled to hold on March 2 2019.
“On the whole, there are 1, 066 candidates for the governorship elections, 14, 583 for the State Assembly elections and 806 for the FCT Area Council elections broken down into 105 Chairmanship candidates and 701 councillorship candidates. “
Meanwhile the final list is being expected with anxiety in some states where party factions conducted parallel primaries.
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