Early morning rainfall in Lagos on Saturday has created a temporary setback to the accreditation and voting processes in the Lagos Local Government election which is expected to commence by 8 am today.
The local government election is expected to usher in new chairmen and councillors in the 20 local government and 37 local council development areas (LCDAS) across the state.
The Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), retired Justice Ayotunde Phillips had earlier announced that
Phillips, who made the statement at a pre-election media briefing, which held at the Commission’s headquarters in Yaba, Lagos, yesterday, said it is committed to conducting a free, fair and credible election today, as provided for in the relevant enabling laws.
“Accreditation and voting will take place simultaneously between 8:00am and 3:00pm. I want o reiterate that the results of the Chairmanship election will be declared at the collation centres in each of the councils, while the results of councillorship elections will be declared at the Ward collation centres. The only condition that may warrant the declaration of results outside the collation centres is if it is discovered that the environment is not safe and conducive,” she said.
Phillips noted that through its new innovation, the Election Support Centre, it would be monitoring developments at the various Collation Centres and other locations in the state through reports sent to the centre at the headquarters by the field officers of the commission.
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