782 Governorship Candidates Begin Campaigns Today

Governorship applicants of more than 80 political gatherings for the 2019 races will formally begin their crusades today. No less than 782 applicants will challenge for governorship situates in 28 conditions of the league, as per discoveries by Daily Trust Saturday. 


There will be no governorship decisions in seven states amid the general races one year from now. The states incorporate Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo and Osun which had theirs 'off-season'. 

The INEC timetable and calendar of exercises for the 2019 general races demonstrated that governorship battles will formally start on December 1. 

Segment 99(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as revised) stipulates 90 days for crusades before surveying day. Discoveries by a reporter uncovered that a large number of the applicants will dispatch their crusades today. 

The presidential and National Assembly battles were formally hailed off on November 18. 

There are more than 70 presidential applicants and a large number of National Assembly hopefuls cleared by INEC.

December 01, 2018