The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 304 candidates from various political parties to contest elective positions in Borno State ahead of the 2027 general elections.
INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Borno, Shuaibu Maina, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Maiduguri.
Mr Maina said the candidates comprised 13 governorship, 15 presidential, 28 senatorial, 57 House of Representatives and 191 House of Assembly candidates.
He said they represented political parties including Accord, Action Alliance, Action Peoples Party, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, Allied Peoples’ Movement, Labour Party and National Rescue Movement.
Others were the National Democratic Congress, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Peoples Democratic Party, People’s Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party and Zenith Labour Party.
On the ongoing continuous voter registration, Maina said INEC began distributing permanent voter cards (PVCs) at the ward level on September 9.
He explained that the cards had since been returned to INEC offices in the local government areas for onward distribution to their owners, particularly those who registered during the first phase of the exercise.
Maina said the commission was committed to ensuring that all eligible registrants received their PVCs before the 2027 general elections.
He assured residents who participated in the exercise that arrangements had been made to facilitate the collection of their cards.
He urged eligible voters to visit INEC offices in their respective local government areas to collect their PVCs, stressing that possession of valid cards was necessary to exercise their voting rights.
