By God’spower Ede, Lafia.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared four political parties to contest the June 20 Senatorial bye-election in Nasarawa North Senatorial District.

Resident Electoral Commissioner for Nasarawa State, Mal. Muhammed Abubakar Sadiq, announced this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the Commission’s level of preparedness.

“The four political parties cleared to participate are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” Sadiq said.

“All have met INEC’s requirements, including conducting credible primaries monitored by the Commission within the stipulated timeline and in line with electoral guidelines.”

The REC said the bye-election will hold across 583 polling units in the district’s three local government areas 9f the Senatorial district.

He also stated that a total of 338,042 registered voters captured during the 2023 general election are eligible to participate.

Sadiq said voters who registered during the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise will not vote, as production of their Permanent Voter Cards will only be concluded ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The REC added that INEC will deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and upload results in real time to the INEC Result Viewing portal (IREV).

“From the above highlights, you can see that we are prepared to conduct a free, fair, and credible election on June 20, 2026,” he said.

He also assured that the Commission will  monitor campaigns by aspirants, which began June 10 and will end June 18. “We will continue to monitor the campaigns to ensure compliance with the rules and regulations stipulated in the Electoral Act,” Sadiq said.