The
number of political parties billed to partake in the Kwara State Local
Government Polls soon to take place, has been revealed.
File photo: Voters at polling station
According to a Vanguard report, the Kwara State Independent
Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) said on Wednesday that only 11 out of the
45 registered political parties in Nigeria had signified interest in
the Nov. 18 Local Government Polls in the state.Alhaji Uthman Ajidagba, the chairman of the commission stated this
while featuring on ‘Media Parliament’ organised by the state council of
the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin.
Ajidagba said that although 36 political parties had offices in the state, only 11 fielded candidates for the council polls.
He said the deadline for the purchase of nomination forms had
elapsed, adding that candidates who failed to meet up would not be
considered. Ajidagba assured stakeholders that the commission was ready
to conduct free, fair and credible election just as it did in 2013.
The chairman denied allegation by the opposition that the
commission was biased in its activities, saying that it was untrue that
it plans to rig the election in favour of the ruling party in the state.
He said that the commission would engage about 4,000 ad hoc staff
for the polls, ruling out possibilities of engaging members of the
National Youth Service Corps.
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