With the 2023 general elections approaching, political parties are set to officially commence their campaigns today.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled September 28 as the official start date for political parties’ campaigns.
Starting today, 18 Presidential candidates will begin persuading Nigerians to vote for them and their political parties. These candidates will strive to convince the 96.3 million voters why they should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock from May 29, 2023.
As per INEC’s timetable, the presidential and National Assembly elections will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2023, followed by the governorship and State Assembly elections on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
The presidential candidates are listed as follows: Accord Party (AP), Imumolen Christopher; Action Alliance (AA), Al Mustapha Hamza; African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore; African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kachikwu Dumebi; Action Democratic Party (ADP), Sani Yabagi; All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
Also on the ballot are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Umeadi Chukwudi; Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Ojei Princess Chichi; Action Peoples Party (APP), Nnadi Osita; Boot Party (BP), Adenuga Oluwafemi; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso; National Rescue Movement (NRM), Osakwe Johnson; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Abiola Kolawole; Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adebayo Adewole; Young Peoples Party (YPP), Ado-Ibrahim Abdulmalik; and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dan Nwanyanwu.