The Katsina State Unbiased Electoral Fee on Wednesday introduced February 15, 2025, for the state native authorities elections.
The Chairman, KTSIEC, Lawal Faskari, introduced this at a press convention in Katsina, which was attended by representatives of political events and safety operatives within the state.
He stated the discover of the council election was being introduced beneath related electoral legal guidelines.
Though Faskari didn’t give particulars concerning the state’s forthcoming council election, a complete of three,187,988 electorates voted when the same train was carried out within the state on April 11, 2022.
The council election may also see to the election of 34 chairmen and 361 councillors for the 34 native authorities areas of the state.
The KTSIEC chairman stated, “In compliance with Part 197 of the structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria( FRN) as amended and different related legal guidelines, I formally announce that Saturday fifteenth February 2025 has been slated to conduct native authorities election within the state for the chairmanship and councillorship.
“The discover will start from at the moment, 14th February 2024 to fifteenth, February 2025 which provides twelve months as in accordance with part 28 of Electoral Act 2022 as amended.’’
Faskari added that each one and certified candidates from the registered political events within the state are free to contest within the election, including that solely candidates sponsored by the registered political events will likely be allowed to contest.
He added, “The fee, due to this fact, urge stakeholders, significantly the political events to conform and cling to the legal guidelines and tips governing the conduct of the election in the state.”