The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has asked political parties and other stakeholders to get familiar with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 (As Amended) with respect to the tenure of Area Council Chairmen in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a meeting with the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, stating that the Commission had earlier received inquiries from some law firms, an individual, a political party and one FCT chairmanship aspirants’ forum regarding the tenure of the area councils.
Yakubu added that there were also demands for the Commission to release the timetable and schedule of activities for the area council elections, noting that the tenure of the current chairmen and councillors would lapse in June 2026.
Recall that the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides for a three-year tenure for Chairmen and Councillors, a development that had fuelled speculations that the tenure of the chairmen expires next year, but the National Assembly has repealed and re-enacted the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) as the Electoral Act 2022.
