ODIEC Announces New Date For LG Elections

Ondo state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has, for the 4th time, announced new date for local government elections in the Sunshine State.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that ODIEC Chairman, Dr Joseph Aremo, disclosed during the ‘stakeholder meeting’ held at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, on Thursday that the local government elections will now hold on January 18, 2025.

The local government elections, which was to be conducted on December 16, 2023, was postponed to February 17, and later postponed to July 13 and later postponed indefinitely.

‘Election was never cancelled but rescheduled due to non-compliance of political parties with the electoral guidelines and processes’ Aremo said.

While asking  political parties that had conducted primaries before the postponements to forward the validated list of candidates to the commission, Aremo assured Ondo state people of the commission’s readiness to conduct a free, fair, transparent and credible election.

‘The completion of political parties’ primaries and validation of candidates will take place from November 25 to December 7.

December 9 will be the last day for the submission of forms and particulars of candidates and the list of candidates by the political parties.

Substitution of candidates by political parties will take place from December 12 to December 13, while the collection and submission of nomination forms will begin from December 16 until December 18.

Campaigns by political parties will kick off on December 23 and end by midnight of January 16, 2025’ he said.

He said  the distribution of non-sensitive materials to the 18 local governments would take place from January 6, 2025 to January 10, 2025.

Also speaking, state Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Mr Olaoluwa Adesanya, expressed satisfaction with the ODIEC chairman’s submissions  on the preparedness of the commission for the elections while assuring the commission and residents of the state of IPAC’s participation in the upcoming local government elections–Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you