The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) has released the electoral guidelines for the February 2025 local government Elections in the state.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that the press secretary to the OSIEC chairman, Omoyemi Badru, noted that chairmanship and councillorship candidates will pay N500,000.00 and N250,000.00, respectively, which are non-refundable as nomination fees to the commission.
According to the commission, the guidelines contain key information and guiding procedures for political parties, candidates, and all stakeholders in the electoral process.
OSIEC also added that 18 political parties have shown interest in participating in the elections and have submitted their dates for primary elections.
Some of the highlights of the guidelines OSUN DEFENDER gathered are as follows, “Nomination fee payable to the Commission by a chairmanship candidate is N500,000.00, while that of a councillorship candidate is N250,000.00, non-refundable.
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“Documents to accompany a candidate’s nomination form shall include; a tax clearance certificate issued in the last 2-3 years in the personal name of the candidate.
“Choice of chairmanship and vice chairmanship candidate by a political party in any Local Government shall reflect the peculiarities, history, custom and geographical spread of the Local Government.
“Withdrawal and replacement of candidate shall be subscribed by both the state chairman and secretary of the political party affected and shall be before final publication of names by the Commission except in the case of death (if any) of a candidate which may be at any time before or during the election.
“An aspirant who is a political appointee at any level must resign the appointment before the date of primary election.
“Procedure for voting requires a voter to possess a valid Permanent Voters Card (PVC) issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”
