The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) has released the time table for the conduct of the local government elections.
The time table, as made public by the Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi-Kalu, indicates the following details:
2. Collection of forms for election by political parties: September 25, 2020
3. Conduct of primaries by political parties including resolution of disputes arising from primaries: September 21 – October 21, 2020.
4. Submission of names of candidates to ABSIEC by political parties: October 29 – November 12, 2020
5. Screening of candidates by ABSIEC: November 16 – November 27, 2020
6. Hearing of appeal/complaints by screening committee. December 2 –December 3, 2020
7. Replacement of unqualified candidates and screening of replaced candidates: December 7, 2020
8. Notice of withdrawal of nomination (if any) by candidates: December 8 -December 9, 2020.
9. Submission of final list/nomination forms by political parties: December 10, 2020.
10. Commencement of campaign by political parties in public: November 20, 2020
11. Training of permanent staff of the commission: November 16 – November 18, 2020
12. Training of Ad-hoc staff: November 30 – December 4, 2020
13. Submission of names of polling agents for the election to the electoral officers of the LGA: December 7 – December 11, 2020
14. Return of list of candidates declared qualified to contest election: December 11, 2020
15. Last day for campaigns: December 16, 2020.
16. Date for local government elections: December 18, 2020.
17. Announcement of results: December 19, 2020.
18. Run-off elections (where necessary): December 24, 2020.