The OSSIEC chairman, Hashim Abioye made this disclosure during the opening of a 3-day retreat in Osogbo noting that OSSIEC had fixed the local government election for Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Abioye, while disclosing that this was the first time that all the 18 political parties would be partaking in the local government poll in the state, added that the commission had received nominations from the parties and was verifying the credentials of the received nominations.
He also disclosed that the commission was committed to following the election timetable as released to members of the public and the participating political parties.
The OSSIEC Chairman stated that the Commission is not one of those commissions that are rushing to conduct local government elections.