5 Important Things You Should Know About Lagos LG Elections Holding This Saturday

As the highly anticipated Lagos State local government and council areas elections draw nearer, the State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni on Tuesday, July 18, announced that 30,000 police personnel and other security agencies would provide security during the elections slated for Saturday, July 22.

Here are some key facts you should know before the D-day;

1.) The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said movement within the state would be restricted between 8am and 2pm.

2.) The elections will be conducted in 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in all 377 wards in the state.

3.) 12 political parties have been cleared by LASIEC to contest for the elections. They are: All Progressives Congress (APC), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kowa Party (KP), Labour Party (LP), Accord Party (AP), and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Others are: United Democratic Party (UDP), Action Alliance (AA), Alliance for Democracy (AD), United Progressive Party (UPP), People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), and the National Action Council (NAC).

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4.) Across all 12 political parties, LASIEC validated the names of 1,300 candidates to contest for the Chairmanship and Councillorship positions. The list of names is displayed at the Yaba office of the commission.

5.) The National Conscience Party (NCP) has called for the postponement of the elections due to LASIEC’s refusal to register the names of its 77 candidates following the court action instituted by the party in protest of the administrative charge set for the contesting parties.

The party filed a lawsuit against LASIEC in a Lagos High Court on May 12, 2017, but the case has not been heard in court.

The electoral body’s administrative fee for the elections’ Chairmanship, Vice-Chairmanship and Councillorship positions is set at N50,000, N30,000, and N20,000 respectively.

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Source: Nigerian monitor
5 Important Things You Should Know About Lagos LG Elections Holding This Saturday

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