The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), has extended deadline for the conduct of primary election by political parties for the forthcoming May 12 local government election.
The commission also announced that it has lifted the ban on campaign by aspirants jostling for chairmanship and councillorship positions in the 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the state.
The commission announced this in the amended election time table it released on Monday in Ibadan, the state capital.
OYSIEC in the revised time table signed by its Chairman, Mr Jide Ajeigbe said that campaigns conduct of primaries will hold till February 23rd.
Ajeigbe in the statement noted that candidates for councillorship positions will be screened by OYSIEC between February 28 and March 4, while chairmanship candidates will be screened from March 6 to 10.
He said that all the cleared candidates from the political parties contesting the election, can pick nomination forms from March 25 to 29, while the names of qualified candidates will be published on 20th April.
He said that electioneering campaigns will end on May 11 while the actual election holds on May 12.
Ajeigbe said that the commission reviewed the time table following complaints by some parties about delineation of wards in the newly created LCDAs.
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