Nigeria: In Anambra, the Waiting Game Continues

12 February 2013
analysis

Later this year, the Anambra State governorship election will hold. Ahead of the election, the political environment in the state appears dull with almost all the known parties and supposed aspirants playing the waiting game. Charles Onyekamuo writes.

A report on the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the date for the conduct of the governorship election in Anambra State for November 13, this year. Section (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended says: "An election to the Office of Governor of a state shall be held on a date not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of the last holder of that office."

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