In line with section 30 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) which states that the Independent National Electoral Commission must give Notice of Election not later than 90 days to the governorship election, the Commission(INEC) has fixed June 18, 2022 for the governorship election in Ekiti State.

The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, confirmed that the notice was pasted at the commission’s state office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday.

According to him, the move was in accordance with the time table and schedule of activities for the poll released last year by the commission.

The commission said party primaries would begin from January 4, 2022 and end on January 29.

The timetable stated that campaign by political parties for the election would start on March 20, 2022 and end on June 16.