Electoral Commission pushes dates for Local Council candidate nominations after a high turn-up

The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the nomination period for Local Councils from the 1st of October to the 5th.

The EC had set today as the deadline for lower councils nomination. However, the high candidate turn-up has necessitated its extension.

The EC  had earlier slated the period between the 21st of September, and the 1st of October for conducting nomination of candidates for the 2021 Local Government Councils Elections.

The nomination of candidates commenced on Monday in all 146 Districts/Cities and was supposed to end today.

“However, due to the high number of aspirants at the nomination centers since the beginning of the exercise, and in accordance with the powers vested in the Commission under Section 50 of the Electoral Commission Act, the Electoral Commission has taken a decision to extend the nomination exercise, which was scheduled to close on Thursday 1st October 2020, for four (4) more days, that is, from Friday 2nd October to Monday 5th October 2020, including Saturday and Sunday, after which, there will be no further extension”.

The nomination exercise will continue to be conducted at the venues indicated below, during the above period, beginning at 9.00 a.m. and ending at 5:00pm on each day:

District/City Chairpersons and Councilors: 2nd – 5th October, 2020 at the respective district headquarters

Municipality/City Division Chairpersons and Councilors: 2nd -5th October, 2020 at the respective district headquarters

Sub County/Town//Municipal Div. Chairpersons and Councilors: 2nd -5th October, 2020 at the respective County headquarters