Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has released the schedule of activities for local council elections set to take place on September 21, 2024, across all 16 local government areas in the state.
According to a statement by the chairman of the KWSIEC, Muhammed Okanla, in Ilorin, the programme of activities will begin with a meeting with leadership of all the registered political parties in the state, on Friday.
The statement said that the meeting would be followed by primaries of political parties between Monday, June 24 and 30.
He said political parties were to obtain and return nomination forms, KWSIEC 01 and KWSIEC 02, for the chairmanship and councilorship elections respectively from Monday, July 1 to 5, 2024, while verification of candidates’ credentials was scheduled for July 8 to19, 2024.
He noted further, “Display of names of candidates nominated by political parties to be posted on KWSIEC notice board, Monday July 22 to Friday 26, 2024.
“Training of ad hoc staff in all the three senatorial districts takes place from Saturday, July 27 to Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
“Last day for withdrawal of candidates (if need be) is Monday, August 5, 2024, while the last day for publication of the list of nominated candidates is Tuesday, August 6, 2024.”
“Political party campaign starts on: Monday, August 19 and ends on the midnight of Thursday, September 19, 2024; elections day for chairmanship and councilorship positions: September 21, 2024; collection of Certificate of Return: Monday, September 23rd, 2024.”
Accordingto the Daily Trust Newspaper, the spokesperson of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Olushola Olusegun Adewara, while speaking with their correspondent said that the party had lost confidence in KWSIEC conducting free and fair elections, adding that party’s officials would meet and decide whether to boycott or participate.
Local Government Election was held last in the state in September 2017.
Last month, Kwara State government announced the dissolution of the Transitional Implementation Committee in the 16 local government councils in the state ahead of the local government election slated for September this year, it said that the Director of Personnel Management in each local government should take over the administration of each of the councils.
