The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission has announced October 19, 2024, as the fixed date for the local government Election across the state.
This followed the Supreme Court judgement of last week which declared the caretaker committee running the affairs of local government areas in the country illegal.
Subsequently, the Federal government said the allocation to these local government areas without elected officials would be withheld as the joint allocation account committee is no longer recognized under the law.
During the first stakeholders meeting in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Chairman, Mamman Eri said the fixings were in accordance with the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended and the powers vested in the state Independent Electoral Commission.
According to Eric, a comprehensive timetable schedule of activities has been prepared to ensure a transparent, fair and credible electoral process.
“In the timetable made available, each candidate for the councilorship election is expected to deposit N100,000 to the commission while 250,000 is to be deposited by the Chairmanship candidate.”