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Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has asked political parties participating in the April 2024 council polls to commence campaign activities even as the final list of candidates would be released by the commission in January.
The Chairman of the commission, Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN, who stated this during a stakeholders’ consultative meeting with political parties, noted that the commission would consider the use of voter’s card in the electoral process and that talks were still ongoing to get approval from INEC in deploying BVAS for the local government elections.
Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN.Assured representatives of various political parties at the meeting that the commission would not renege in its goals of ensuring a near perfect process that would enable every vote count during the election.
The Chairman of OYSIEC equally admonished political parties who would be interested in substituting candidates or contemplating whether to participate in the election to quickly do so before the end of the year 2023 while charging them to eschew violence or defamatory statement as they commence their various campaigns.
Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN, also hinted that the commission had begun discussions and partnership arrangement with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) for voters education, awareness and sensitization.
In a remark during the meeting, honourable Demola Oke from NNPP appreciated the commission for the warm reception accorded their party candidates during the screening, urging the commission to maintain its pattern of fairness to all.
The highlight of the meeting was a question and answer session to give political stakeholders clarity of the process ahead of the election.
