The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally released a list of 1,500,000 Party Agents registered by 18 Political Parties in 176, 974 Polling Units for the February 25 and March 11, 2023, general elections.
According to agent statistics from the major parties, Peter Obi’s Labour Party has 134,874 agents, ADC has 96,034, and Atiku’s Peoples Democratic Party has 176,974 agents.
Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress has 176,974 agents, and the other 14 parties have a total of 1,081,358 agents.
Nigeria will hold general elections on February 25, 2023, to elect the President and Vice President, as well as members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Nigeria’s President is elected in a modified two-round system.
A candidate must receive a plurality of valid votes and more than 25% in at least 24 of the 36 states to be elected in the first round. If no candidate meets this criterion, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the candidate who received the most votes in the most states.
Our correspondent had reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission had expressed its readiness to conduct a presidential run-off election should there be a need for it after the 2023 presidential election.
This was stated by the commission’s national chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu while answering questions at the Chatham House in London on Tuesday.
According to the INEC chairman, the previous position of the law regarding the conduct of run-off elections made it practically impossible for the commission to conveniently hold it.
