In line with the provisions of Article 17(i) of our Party’s Constitution, the tenure of all Officers elected into the Ward, Local Government, State and National organs of the Party will be expiring in the 2nd Quarter of 2018.
Furthermore, INEC has formally scheduled the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections for Saturday 16th February, while the Governorship and State Assembly elections have been scheduled for Saturday 2nd March, 2019.
Consequently, it is proposed that the conduct of Congresses and National Convention to elect Party Officials, in line with the provisions of the Party’s Constitution and also the nomination process for the selection of candidates for the 2019 General Elections, commence as follows;
A. CONGRESSES AND NATIONAL CONVENTION
VENUE
DATE
EVENT
ACTIVITY
Tuesday 30th January, 2018
Flag-off of Continuous Membership Registration /Revalidation Exercise (CMRR)
To register all prospective eligible persons who wish to become members of the Party and revalidate existing membership
Monday 5th February, 2018
National Caucus Meeting
:
To consider Schedule of Activities for 2018
Tuesday 6th February, 2018
*National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting*
To consider and approve Schedule of Activities for 2018
S/N
DATE
EVENT
ACTIVITY
Saturday 3rd March, 2018
Ward Congresses
To elect Ward Officers to the Ward Executive Committee
Monday 5th – Friday 9th March, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from conduct of Ward Congresse
Saturday 17th March, 2018
Local Government Area Congresses
To elect LGA Officers to the LGA Executive Committee and 3 Delegates to the National Convention
Monday 18th – Friday 25th March, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from LGA Congresse
Saturday 14th April, 2018
State Congresses To elect State Officers to the State Executive Committee
Monday 16th – Friday 20th April, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from the conduct of State Congresses
Saturday 12th May, 2018
Zonal Congresses
To elect Zonal Officers to the Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC)
March 14th – Friday 18th May, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from the conduct of Zonal Congresses
Monday 6th April, 2018
Saturday 30th June, 2018
National Convention
To elect National Officers to the National Executive Committee (NEC)
B. SALE OF FORMS AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES
S/N
DATE
EVENT
ACTIVITY
Monday 20th – Friday 31st August, 2018
Sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for Elective Offices
Sale of Forms to Aspirants for all Elective Offices
Saturday 1st – Friday 7th September, 2018
Screening of Aspirants
Screening of all Aspirants that have purchased Forms
Saturday 8th – Wednesday 12th, September, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from the conduct of screening of Aspirants
Saturday 15th September, 2018
Wednesday 19th September, 2018
Thursday 20th September, 2018
Legislative Primaries
i. House of Assembly
ii. House of Reps
iii. Senate
To select candidate for House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senatorial elections.
Monday 17th – Sunday 30th September, 2018
Appeals
Appeals arising from all Legislative Primaries
Saturday 22nd, September, 2018
Governorship Primaries
To select candidates for Governorship Elections
Monday 24th – Thursday 27th September, 201
Appeals
Appeals arising from Governorship Primaries
Saturday 29th September, 2018
National Convention
(Presidential)
To ratify Presidential Candidate
In-spite of the fact that the term of the current NWC ends in June, we are also planning for the activities leading to the 2019 General Elections in order to ease the burden on the incoming National Working Committee (NWC).
