The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, (ODIEC) has disclosed that the commission would conduct the local government election in the State on December 16, 2023.
The Chairman of ODIEC, Dr Joseph Aremo, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, the state capital, said the commission would commence the process of the election.
According to Aremo, the commission had kick-started the process of the election by issuing 360 days’ notice for the conduct of the election to political parties and other stakeholders.
The ODIEC boss said in order to ensure that democracy does not suffer at the grassroots, the commission has issued guidelines to stakeholders on the conduct of the forthcoming council election.
He said the commission is expecting interested registered political parties to obtain forms at no cost from ODIEC.
The ODIEC Chairman said the commission has issued forms EC009A, EC009B, EC009C, EC009D, EC009E for the positions of Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Councilors to stakeholders.