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THE Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC says it will now conduct elections in the 18 local government areas and 203 wards of the state on January 18th, 2025.
ODIEC Chairman, Dr. Joseph Aremo, announced the rescheduling of council polls during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital.
The commission had postponed indefinitely the elections for the 18 council areas and 33 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs which were earlier rescheduled to take place on July 13 this year.
According to Dr. Aremo, the election was never canceled but rescheduled due to the non-compliance of political parties with the electoral guidelines and processes.
The ODIEC Boss explained that the postponement of the election became imperative as the commission was tired of continuous rescheduling.
Dr Aremo while assuring residents of the commission’s readiness to conduct free, fair and credible election, noted that the exercise would be transparent, and whoever wins will be declared winner.
He urged the political parties that had conducted primaries before the postponement to forward the validated list of candidates to the Commission.
While outlining the continuation of activities for the conduct of the elections, he pointed out that the completion of political parties’ primaries and validation of candidates will take place from November 25 to December 7, 2024, adding that December 9, this year is the last day for the submission of forms for particulars of candidates and the list of candidates by political parties.
He further explained that the substitution of candidates by political parties will occur from December 12 to December 13, while the collection and submission of nomination forms will commence from December 16 to December 18.
Campaigns by political parties will kick off on December 23 and end at midnight of January 16, 2025.
The chairman added that the distribution of non-sensitive materials to the 18 local governments would take place from January 6 to January 10, 2025.
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Speaking with newsmen, the State Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Mr. Olaoluwa Adesanya, expressed satisfaction with the ODIEC chairman’s presentation on the preparedness of the commission for the elections.
He gave an assurance that IPAC would participate in the election.
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