INEC National Commissioner for North-Central Mallam Mohammed Haruna has said that 22, 643 candidates would contest 1, 504 positions during the forthcoming general elections in the country.
Haruna, who is in charge of Kwara, Kogi and Nasarawa States made this known on Monday in Ilorin during an interactive session with the traditional rulers in the state ahead of 2019 general elections.
The national commissioner said that 73 candidates would contest for the post of the President while 1, 158 would slug it out for the governorship positions in 29 states.
He added that 1, 886 candidates would contest the 109 senatorial districts in the country and 4, 634 candidates contesting for the 306 House of Representatives seats.
Haruna said 14, 643 candidates would contest for 991 posts in the various State Houses of Assembly.
“In addition, the elections will hold for the six Chairmen and 62 Councilors of the FCT Area Councils because the end of their tenures has coincided with this year’s general elections,” he said.
Haruna said the governorship elections would hold in 29 states, adding it would not hold in seven states: Kogi, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun, adding that elections in those states had been held, based on Court’s order.
He said INEC would deploy between 750, 000 and 1, 000, 000 ad-hoc staff to be sourced mainly from NYSC, Federal tertiary institutions and Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
The national commissioner told the royal fathers that 84, 004, 084 voters would participate in the general elections.
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