The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has postponed the conduct of the local government elections in the state.
Political parties in the state had earlier faulted the commission for scheduling the elections for May 21, few days to the May 29 handing over date of the incumbent government.
The parties, therefore, threatened to drag the commission to court over the date.
Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, also in a letter dated April 27, had advised the commission on the need to postpone the election, arguing that the May 21 date might not be feasible for credible poll.
The Chairman of the commission, Mr. Kayode Adeleye, however told journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Tuesday that the postponement had nothing to do with the governor’s advice to the commission.
He said 16 political parties in the state collected requisite Forms CF001 and CF 002 to participate in the council poll.
He said, “At the close of business on Thursday, April 28, 2011, only one out of the 16 political parties which collected the forms had submitted to the commission.”
Adeleye observed that the election ought to have been conducted before the expiration of the tenure of the chairmen and councilors of the local government councils on December 27, 2010.
“The commission would have conducted the election well before the expiration of the tenures of th e chairmen and councilors of the local government councils on the 27th of December 2010, but principally for the fact that the then existing voters register had been condemned, not only by INEC but by public opinion as grossly faulty, unreliable and rather outdated, necessitating INEC to start the process of compiling a new voters’ register.”
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
Political parties in the state had earlier faulted the commission for scheduling the elections for May 21, few days to the May 29 handing over date of the incumbent government.
The parties, therefore, threatened to drag the commission to court over the date.
Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, also in a letter dated April 27, had advised the commission on the need to postpone the election, arguing that the May 21 date might not be feasible for credible poll.
The Chairman of the commission, Mr. Kayode Adeleye, however told journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Tuesday that the postponement had nothing to do with the governor’s advice to the commission.
He said 16 political parties in the state collected requisite Forms CF001 and CF 002 to participate in the council poll.
He said, “At the close of business on Thursday, April 28, 2011, only one out of the 16 political parties which collected the forms had submitted to the commission.”
Adeleye observed that the election ought to have been conducted before the expiration of the tenure of the chairmen and councilors of the local government councils on December 27, 2010.
“The commission would have conducted the election well before the expiration of the tenures of th e chairmen and councilors of the local government councils on the 27th of December 2010, but principally for the fact that the then existing voters register had been condemned, not only by INEC but by public opinion as grossly faulty, unreliable and rather outdated, necessitating INEC to start the process of compiling a new voters’ register.”
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
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