{"id":130177,"date":"2024-09-06T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lg-poll-ogsiec-amends-electoral-guidelines-reduces-age-limit-to-25-years"},"modified":"2024-09-06T23:04:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:04:01","slug":"lg-poll-ogsiec-amends-electoral-guidelines-reduces-age-limit-to-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lg-poll-ogsiec-amends-electoral-guidelines-reduces-age-limit-to-25-years","title":{"rendered":"LG poll: OGSIEC amends electoral guidelines, reduces age limit to 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, has amended the age qualification for candidates in the November 16 local government elections, reducing the minimum age from 30 to 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement signed by the Commission\u2019s Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, and obtained on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Osibodu stated that the amendment followed a review of the laws governing the conduct of Local Government elections, bringing the guidelines in line with Section 7(4) &amp; 106 of the Nigerian Constitution, which stipulates that a candidate is qualified for election if he or she has attained the age of 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission also extended the deadline for each party\u2019s primaries by one week.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the statement read: \u201cThe primaries, initially set to end on Monday, September 9, will now run until Monday, September 16, 2024. The collection of personal data forms (CF001 and CF002) by each political party has also been extended to Friday, September 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical parties that have already conducted their primaries may collect the necessary forms for each of their candidates starting from Tuesday, September 10, 2024, with submissions accepted between Monday, September 16, and Friday, September 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll other schedules in the previously published election timetable remain unchanged; including the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections set to hold on November 16, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commission also announced that all political parties planning to run in the elections are invited to a meeting by 12:00 pm on Monday, September 9, 2024, at the Commission\u2019s headquarters in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>Osibodu however requested that each political party should send not more than two representatives to the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, has amended the age qualification for candidates in the November 16 local government elections, reducing the minimum age from 30 to 25 years. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commission\u2019s Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, and obtained on Friday. 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