The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct
of the state’s Sept. 22 governorship election.
Presenting the timetable to
newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed
Osun Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) said election activities would commence on June 23 with the
release of “Notice of Election’’ by INEC.
Agbaje said political parties
would commence public campaign on June 24 while candidates for elections and
their parties would have the opportunities to obtain forms at INEC headquarters
from June 25.
The REC said that party primaries
and resolution of disputes arising from the primaries would hold from June 24
to July 23.
“The last day for withdrawal of
candidate(s) and replacement of withdrawn candidate(s) by political parties
would be August 8 while the last day for the submission of nomination forms
would be August 22.
“The last day of campaigns will
be Sept. 20, while the election proper will hold on Sept. 22 as provided in
section 178 (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended),’’ he said.
Agbaje said that as parts of the
commission’s roadmap for the election, Continuous Voter Registration (CRV) had
been extended at the 332 wards in the state from April 11 to April 16.
He said those who were newly
captured would undergo Automatic Finger Identification System (AFIS) before
their names would be ratified and added to the present list of registered
voters in Osun.
The REC reassured that the PVC
for registered voters in the state would be distributed before the governorship
election on Sept. 22.
Agbaje said that 411,438 PVCs
were yet to be collected in the state.
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