The All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday announced its decision to reschedule dates for its presidential, governorship and other primary elections.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka.
According to the statement titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’, the ruling party will now hold its presidential primary on May 29, 2022.
The governorship and House of Representatives primaries have also been rescheduled to hold on Thursday, May 26. The Senate and House of Assembly primaries will also hold on Friday, May 27.
The APC had initially fixed its governorship primaries for May 20, House of Assembly, May 22, House of Representatives May 24, and Senate May 25.
Morka confirmed that the new dates were approved during the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting which held on Wednesday.
According to him, the rescheduling of the primaries is to allow the party make enough provisions for the elections.
The statement read, “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday, 18th of May, 2022, approved an adjusted Timetable/Schedule of Activities for the Governorship, State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate and Presidential primaries and appeals as follows:
“Governorship and House of Representatives – Thursday, 26th of May, 2022.
“Senate and House of Assembly – Friday, 27th of May, 2022.
“For election appeals: Governorship and House of Representatives – Friday, 27th of May, 2022.
“Senate and House of Assembly – Saturday, 28th of May, 2022.
“Special convention for presidential primaries holds Sunday 29th – Monday, 30th of May, 2022.”
