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    GUIDELINE FOR ANAMBRA STATE 2024 LOCAL

    GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS


    GUIDELINE FOR ANAMBRA STATE 2024

    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    TABLE OF

    CONTENTS

    1. PREAMBLE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

    2. GENERAL PROVISIONS ---------------------------------------------------------- 3

    3. QUALIFICATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3

    4. GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION------------------------------------------- 4

    5. SCREENING PROCEDURE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL


    ASPIRANTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

    6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL SCREENING COMMITTEE ------ 6

    7. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTION -------------------- 7

    8. INTERPRETATION CLAUSE ---------------------------------------------------7

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    GUIDELINE FOR ANAMBRA STATE 2024

    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
    This guideline shall operate as an addendum to and in conjunction with the general
    Guideline for Primaries of Youth Party. Hence, any lacunae shall be filled with
    reference to the general Guideline for Primaries of Youth Party.

    2. QUALIFICATION
    An aspirant for primary election to the Local Government Council shall:
    a) Be a citizen of Nigeria;
    b) An indigene of the ward or constituency or resident in the ward or
    constituency in which he/she is contesting an election;
    c) Fulfill all the conditions set out in the Constitution of the Federal Republic
    of Nigeria,the Electoral Act, the Constitution of the Party and the provisions of any
    other relevant law and these Guidelines;
    d) Be a registered voter and attached a copy of his/her voters registration card
    to the duly completed Nomination form;
    e) Complete and submit the Expression of Interest Form;
    f) In case of councillorship election, he/she must attain the age of 25 years;
    g) In the case of chairmanship election, he/she must attain the age of 30 years;
    h) Provide evidence of tax payment as and when due for a period of three
    consecutive years immediately preceding the year of the election;
    i) In case of councillorship election, he/she is nominated in writing by ten (10)
    persons whose names appear on the register of voters for the ward in which he/she
    intends to contest the election;
    j) In case of chairmanship election, he/she is nominated in writing by ten
    persons whose names appear on the register of voters in their respective wards and
    from at least two third of all the wards in the local government area in which
    he/she intends to contest the election;

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    GUIDELINE FOR ANAMBRA STATE 2024

    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    k) Resign/retire from office if a political appointee, civil servant, public servant


    or party official not later than 7 (seven) days before the date of the collection forms
    for the Primary Elections;
    l) Possess educational qualification not below the level of Senior Secondary
    Certificate or its equivalent according to Section 65 (2) (a); and
    m) Is a duly registered member of the Party whose name is contained in the
    membership register of the Party.

    3. GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION


    An aspirant shall not be qualified to contest in the primary election to the Local
    Government Council, if he/ she:
    a) Fails to produce his/her personal income tax certificate, or any evidence that
    he/she has paid his/her income tax for the last preceding three years or evidence of
    exemption from payment of personal income tax; or
    b) Presents a false birth certificate or declaration of age for the purpose of the
    primary election or for any purpose whatsoever; or
    c) Has been indicted for any misconduct set out in Section 61 (1) of the
    Constitution of the Party and has been punished in accordance of Section 62 (1); or
    d) Has been dismissed from the public service of the Federation or of a State or
    Local Government Area Council or from any other employment in the public or
    private sector, or
    e) Is a member of a secret society; or
    f) Has been adjudged guilty of treason or treasonable felony by any court in
    Nigeria; or
    g) Has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal
    offence including homicide, fraud or dishonesty or the sale or use of narcotic drugs
    or any other psychotropic substances by any court of competent jurisdiction in
    Nigeria or
    h) within the Commonwealth or elsewhere; or

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    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    i) Under the law in any part of Nigeria, he/she is adjudged to be a lunatic or


    otherwise declared to be of unsound mind; or
    j) Is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared
    bankrupt under any law in force in Nigeria or any other country; or
    k) Has been convicted for embezzlement or fraud by a court of competent
    jurisdiction.
    The conditions relating to disqualification of a chairman shall apply in relation to a
    councillor as if reference to chairman were reference to councillor.

    4. SCREENING PROCEDURE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT


    COUNCIL ASPIRANTS
    The screening procedure for an aspirant in the primary election of the Party into
    the Local Government Council shall be as follows:
    (a.) an aspirant shall obtain the Expression of Interest Form from the National
    Secretariat of the Party or such other place as may be designated by the National
    Working Committee of the Party, and, on completion, return same to the National
    Secretariat or such other place as may be designated by the National Working
    Committee;
    (b.) an aspirant shall obtain the Nomination form –from the National Secretariat of
    the Party or such other place designated by the National Working Committee of the
    Party and evidenced upon payment of the prescribed non-refundable fee of
    N150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) for Chairmanship and
    N75,000.00 (Seventy Five Thousand Naira) for Councillorship; save that female
    aspirants and persons with disabilities (PWD) shall pay 50% (half) of the
    prescribed nomination fee;
    (c.) The Nomination form shall contain signatures of not less than 20 (Twenty)
    persons from at least two-thirds of all the wards within the Local Government
    Areas of Constituency, who shall be registered voters in their respective Local
    Government Areas, wards and also registered members of the Party.
    (d.) a duplicate copy of Voter’s Registration Card of the aspirant shall be attached
    to the duly completed Nomination form;

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    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    (e.) a copy of the Party Membership Card of the aspirant shall be attached to the
    duly completed Screening;
    (f.) An aspirant shall provide a reference from his/her bank stating that he/she has
    been a customer for at least (five) years preceding the date of the primary election
    or from his/her last employer;
    (g.) the duly completed Nomination forms shall be accompanied by a sworn
    declaration made before a Commissioner of Oaths or Notary Public undertaking to
    abide by the guidelines, all laws and any rules or regulations made by the Party
    relating to the conduct of primary elections and code of conduct on behavior and
    directives of the Party for its members or Local Government Council primaries.
    (h.) An aspirant shall ensure that all the information supplied by him/her in the
    relevant Nomination form is true and correct. Any aspirant who gives false
    information or makes false declaration in the Nomination form shall be
    disqualified and the Party shall reserve the right to report to the law enforcement
    authorities.
    (i.) The decision of the National Working Committee of the Party on all primary
    election matters shall be final, subject only to the right appeal by an aggrieved
    aspirant.

    5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL SCREENING COMMITTEE


    (1) Primary election for the candidate of the Party into a Local Government
    Council shall be held on the date appointed by the National Working Committee of
    the Party.
    (a.) For the purpose of the primary election, the aspirants who have submitted their
    completed forms shall be screened by the State Screening Panel constituted in line
    with the general Guideline for Primaries of Youth Party.
    (d.) Any aggrieved aspirant shall have the right to appeal in accordance with the
    State Appeal Procedures in the general Guideline for Primaries of Youth Party.
    Only aspirants cleared by the Screening Committee shall be allowed to participate
    in the primary elections.

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    GUIDELINE FOR ANAMBRA STATE 2024

    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS

    6. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY ELECTION


    The local government primaries shall be conducted in the same manner as
    provided for in the general Guideline for Primaries of Youth Party for conduct of
    State Houses of Assembly Primaries.

    7. INTERPRETATION CLAUSE

    INTERPRETATION
    CLAUSE.pdf

    TIMETABLE FOR PRIMARIES FOR ANAMBRA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT


    ELECTIONS

    S/No. Activities Date

    1 Sale of Expression of Interest and 12th - 24th August 2024


    Nomination forms
    2 Screening 25th August 2024
    3 Screening Appeal 26th August 2024

    4 Primaries 27th August 2024

    5 Appeal from Primaries 28th August 2024

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