The Chairman of the Osun state Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Bar Hashim Abioye, has disclosed that all the 18 political parties in the state have submitted their nomination to participate in the February 2025 local government election.
Abioye assured that the names of candidates will be released as spon as the result of verification committee is out.
He disclosed this in Osogbo during a 3-day retreat for OSIEC commissioners and management staff themed: “Towards credible local government elections.”
Abioye recalled that the commission had issued notice of election since February before the supreme court ruling, boasting that Osun is not one of those commissions that are rushing to conduct local government elections.
He explained that the commission is now at the verification stage which preceded the publication of cleared candidates.
“I am glad to inform you that for the first time in the history of this commission, all 18 registered political parties in Osun State are participating and have all submitted nominations.
“We are very much prepared. And you can see that we gave notice of elections since February this year, ever before the matter before the Supreme Court was conceived not to talk of being filed at all. So, we had always been ahead before the judgment of the Supreme Court came. So, OSIEC is not one of those commissions that are rushing to conduct local government elections,” Abioye said.
The chairman of the occasion, Justice Olayinka Afolabi, advised the commission to be neutral and unbias in the discharge of its duty.
He warned members and employees of the commission to be careful of their action and inaction and anything that may affect the credibility of the election.