New Date Announced For Ondo LG Election

The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has rescheduled the state’s local government election to January 18, 2025.

Naija News reports that ODIEC Chairman Dr. Joseph Aremo announced this Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital.

Initially set for December 16, 2023, the election was first postponed to February 17, then to July 13, and ultimately delayed indefinitely before the new date was revealed.

“Election was never cancelled but rescheduled due to non-compliance of political parties with the electoral guidelines and processes,” he said.

Aremo assured the community that the commission was prepared to oversee a free, fair, and credible election and emphasized that the process would be conducted transparently.

He encouraged political parties that had held primaries before the postponement to submit the validated list of candidates to the commission.

Aremo also announced that the political party primaries and candidate validations are scheduled for November 25 and December 7.

The deadline for political parties to submit candidate particulars and their official lists is December 9.

Candidate substitutions by the parties will occur from December 12 to December 13, while the collection and submission of nomination forms will be conducted from December 16 to December 18.

Campaign activities for political parties are slated to commence on December 23 and conclude at midnight on January 16, 2025. Additionally, Aremo indicated that the distribution of non-sensitive materials to the 18 local governments is planned for January 6 to January 10, 2025.

The State Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Olaoluwa Adesanya, expressed his approval of the ODIEC chairman’s briefing regarding the commission’s readiness for the elections, assuring both the commission and the community of IPAC’s commitment to participating in the electoral process.