JUST IN: EDSIEC Postpones Local Government Elections In Edo

JUST IN: EDSIEC Postpones Local Government Elections In Edo

The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) has postponed the Local Government election earlier scheduled for May 6, 2023, to September 2, 2023.

A statement signed by the Administrative Secretary of EDSIEC, Sunday Osayande, said that June 1, 2023, will now be the deadline for party primaries, with June 2 to June 15, 2023, fixed for the collection and submission of forms by political parties and submission of the list of candidates.

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The statement read: “This is to inform the general public that the Local Government Council Elections earlier fixed for Saturday, 6th May 2023, will be held on Saturday, 2nd September, 2023.

“The consequential effect on the scheduled activities are as follows: Thursday, 1st June 2023, end of parties primaries; Friday, 2nd June, 2023, to Thursday, 15th June, 2023, collection and submission of forms by political parties and submission of list of candidates.

“On Thursday, 22nd June, 2023, the Commission will publish names of candidates, while on Saturday, 24nd June, 2023, the electioneering campaign will commence.”

“Submission of names of changed and substituted candidates will be on Saturday, 8th July, 2023; while publication of notice of polls at the Ward Collation centres will be on Wednesday, 26th July, 2023.

“On 1st August 2023, the Commission will publish the final list of validated candidates, while Tuesday, 22nd August, 2023, will be for submission of names of Party Agents by Political Parties.

“On the midnight of Thursday, 31st August, 2023, the electioneering campaign will end, as the Local Government Election holds on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023.

“However, the Primaries, which were conducted by Political Parties and monitored by EDSIEC before the present shift of the date earlier fixed for the elections, remain valid.”

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