Ondo 2024: 16 political parties will participate in the governor's elections – CENI

THE president, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that 16 of 19 registered policy evenings to have noted interest In challenge THE 16 November governorship election In Ondo Status.

He spoke on Tuesday has THE First of all Regular Quarterly Advisory Meeting With Policy Evenings For 2024 has THE CENI Conference Bedroom, Abuja.

M Yakubu disclosed that to party primary In THE Ondo State governorship election will to start In THE following two weeks on 6 April And END on 27 April. He revealed that 16 of 19 policy evenings had noted interest In participant In THE election.

"I urge policy evenings has join strictly has your propose Appointment And Fashions of primaries. Frequent changes, as We witnessed recently during THE Edo State primary, are not only disruptive but expensive.

"THE Commission can't mobilize, demobilize And remobilize OUR civil servants For THE monitoring of to party primary has THE convenience of policy evenings. Evenings should stick has their propose Appointment And Fashions of primary For certainty And optimal deployment of resources," THE CENI chief said.

He reiterated that by THE calendar And calendar of activities For THE election, policy evenings to have 20 days has download THE list And staff details of their candidates has THE CENI portal.

THE CENI chief Also informed evenings has avoid acrimonious primaries. "More and more, THE to drive of parallel primary And THE emergence of several candidates East A frequent occurrence. SO, Also, East THE tendency has to agree waivers has candidates WHO were A little days earlier card holder members of other policy evenings And nomination such people has THE Commission as their candidates For election.

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"A few of these infractions lead has useless dispute among to party members In which THE Commission East always joined as A to party. THE legal costs And cost of produce Approved TRUE Copies (CTC) of documents can be used more productively In other electoral activities by THE policy evenings And THE Commission. We must find A solution has This situation," M Yakubu said.

In the meantime, THE national secretariats of THE All Progressives Congress (APC) And THE Peoples Democratic To party (PDP) to have together In movement THE process guidance their respective primary.

Nomination And expression of interest shapes to have Already has been announcement, And intraparty campaigns to have become intense, especially In THE two leading policy parties.

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