Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has turned down the appeal for an extension of the deadline for the conduct of party primaries.
The country’s 18 registered political parties, through the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, made the appeal on Tuesday at a quarterly consultative meeting in Abuja.
IPAC’s chairman, Yabagi Sani said the demand for adjusting the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections, was adopted by the 18 political parties at the council’s general assembly meeting.
WADR's Fatimah Ibrahim in Abuja reports.
