The Osun State Impartial Electoral Fee has introduced that the Native Authorities elections within the state might be held on February 22, 2025.
The Chairman, OSSIEC, Hassim Abioye, disclosed this on Thursday whereas briefing newsmen on the fee’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital.
He added that the fee would quickly roll out the timetable for the ballot into the 30 LG Council Areas, 32 Native Council Improvement Authorities, and the six Space Council Improvement Authorities throughout the state.
Abioye acknowledged that the necessity for the transient was below the provisions of the Nigerian 1999 Structure (as amended) and the Electoral Act, 2022, in addition to the 2022 OSSIEC Legislation, Legal guidelines of Osun State.
He stated, “I’ve invited you right here at the moment to announce to you that the method of elections into the 30 Native Authorities Council Areas, the Space Council, the 32 Native Council Improvement Authorities and the 6 Space Council Improvement Authorities throughout Osun State has been kick-started.
“Buoyed by the clear provisions of the Nigerian 1999 Structure (as amended) and fleshed up by the related provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the 2022 OSSIEC Legislation, Legal guidelines of Osun State, it’s my pleasure to deal with this press convention in order to publicly herald the date of the elections and to unveil the time-table/schedule of actions for the elections.”
The pinnacle of the state electoral physique famous that the fee had consulted with authorized professionals and key stakeholders, guaranteeing that there are not any authorized hurdles forward of the polls.
“It’s best to belief us that OSSIEC below this new management is not going to falter on the aspect of due course of and regulation. We have now painstakingly studied related electoral legislations and judicial precedents, now we have additionally consulted with distinguished authorized professionals, skilled technocrats and key stakeholders, and we’re glad that there isn’t any authorized hurdle in any respect inhibiting, restraining, prohibiting, or clogging the wheel of this Fee from commencing the method of the native authorities elections in Osun State.
“I’m subsequently happy to tell you that the radar is obvious for this Fee to conduct elections into the 30 Native Authorities Council Areas, the Space Council, the 32 Native Council Improvement Authorities and the 6 Space Council Improvement Authorities throughout Osun State, Insha Allah, on twenty second day of February 2025,” Abioye added.
“The discover and timetable for the elections will quickly be launched, as similar might be formally revealed within the dailies and extensively circulated within the media.
“As such, the media being part of the essential stakeholders, and their position being cardinal within the electoral course of, this Fee has deemed it match and correct to hold all of you alongside, utilizing this avenue not solely to announce the date and actions for the elections but in addition to hunt your full cooperation all through the method to make it an enormous success in the long run,” Abioye stated.
