From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Chairman of the Osun state Impartial Electoral Fee (OSIEC), Bar Hashim Abioye, has disclosed that every one the 18 political events within the state have submitted their nomination to take part within the February 2025 native authorities election.
Abioye assured that the names of candidates might be launched as spon as the results of verification committee is out.
He disclosed this in Osogbo throughout a 3-day retreat for OSIEC commissioners and administration employees themed: “In direction of credible native authorities elections.”
Abioye recalled that the fee had issued discover of election since February earlier than the supreme courtroom ruling, boasting that Osun just isn’t a kind of commissions which can be speeding to conduct native authorities elections.
He defined that the fee is now on the verification stage which preceded the publication of cleared candidates.
“I’m glad to tell you that for the primary time within the historical past of this fee, all 18 registered political events in Osun State are taking part and have all submitted nominations.
“We’re very a lot ready. And you’ll see that we gave discover of elections since February this yr, ever earlier than the matter earlier than the Supreme Courtroom was conceived to not speak of being filed in any respect. So, we had all the time been forward earlier than the judgment of the Supreme Courtroom got here. So, OSIEC just isn’t a kind of commissions which can be speeding to conduct native authorities elections,” Abioye mentioned.
The chairman of the event, Justice Olayinka Afolabi, suggested the fee to be impartial and unbias within the discharge of its responsibility.
He warned members and workers of the fee to watch out of their motion and inaction and something which will have an effect on the credibility of the election.