OGSIEC updates LG poll guidelines by reducing the age requirement to 25 years. Explore how this change affects upcoming elections.
OGSIEC has modified the age eligibility for hopefuls participating in the local government elections scheduled on November 16, now permitting candidates as young as 25 years old instead of requiring a minimum age of 30.
On Friday, OBASANJONEWS acquired a statement that was signed by Babatunde Osibodu, the Chairman of the Commission.
According to Osibodu, the revision of regulations for Local Government elections was based on a careful examination of applicable laws. The purpose was to align them with Section 7(4) & 106 of the Nigerian Constitution which requires a candidate to be at least 25 years old in order to qualify for election.
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The deadline for each party’s primaries was extended by one week, as announced by The Commission.
According to the statement, the primaries were originally scheduled to conclude on September 9th, 2024. However, they will now continue until September 16th of that same year. Additionally, each political party may collect CF001 and CF002 personal data forms through Friday, September 20th in accordance with this extension.
Beginning on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, political parties with completed primaries may request the required forms for each of their candidates. These submissions will be accepted until Friday, September 20th and between Monday, September16th.
The Chairmanship and Councillorship elections, which are scheduled for November 16, 2023, will continue as planned. No changes have been made to any other schedules in the election timetable that was previously released.
The Commission extended an invitation to all political parties intending to participate in the upcoming elections. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024 at the Commission’s headquarters located in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta and must be attended by noon.
Osibodu, on the other hand, asked for a maximum of two representatives from each political party to attend the meeting.
