The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), along with national commissioners, is meeting with chairmen and secretaries of political parties, ahead of the forthcoming Ekiti governorship election
The engagement is one of the consultative meetings scheduled by the electoral umpire to review preparations for the Ekiti election.
It is holding exactly eleven days to the governorship election, which is scheduled for June 20th, 2026
The meeting hopes to enable the political parties and the electoral umpire to put finishing touches on all the preparations for the Ekiti governorship election
In his opening remarks, the INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan, defended the commission’s decision to appeal the recent court judgment on the powers of the commission to set timetable for election, including that of setting timelines for pre-election activities for political parties, such as conduct of primaries, and the submission of the lists of candidates
The chairman maintained that the decision is consistent with its belief that the verdict which upheld the powers of INEC to issue the election timetable on the one hand and, on the other hand, struck out the powers of INEC to set the timeline for political parties’ primaries, is inconsistent, and therefore seeks a clearer judicial pronouncement
