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Inter-Party Advisory Committee, (IPAC) has passed a vote of confidence in Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) to conduct free and fair Local government election in the state.
Osun IPAC Chairman, Mr. Victor Akande, made this known on Tuesday, while reading a communiqué issued after an interactive stakeholders’ meeting attended by all the political parties in Osun, held at the office of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission in Osogbo.
Akande appealed to the Federal Government not to withhold the monthly allocation due to the local government areas in the state from the Federation Account.
He said, “We are telling the Federal Government that there is no need to withhold the allocation of local government areas in Osun because OSSIEC has started the process of conducting elections since January before the idea of going to the Supreme Court would come up.
“Therefore, so far Osun is already in the process and has not erred on the wrong side of the law. The law states that election notice should be given 360 days before the conduct of the election.
“Therefore, we are in tandem with the extant laws. There is no need for the Federal Government to withhold the allocation of the local government areas in Osun State because we are in the process of conducting local government elections.
“We are giving the commission our vote of confidence today. We promise to give all the support the commission will need so that the election will be good enough to be a reference point all over Nigeria. We have confidence in OSSIEC and we give it the hand of fellowship.
“We trust the commission to conduct a free and fair election. There will be a peaceful campaign and we political parties have all agreed to relate it to our members to maintain peace during the campaign. We are in support of OSSIEC’s campaign against cyber crime, drug abuse, and cultism.”
Present at the meeting were representatives of 16 political parties in Osun.
By: Thomas Abidoye
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