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Lagos LG Poll: Over 1,000 candidates jostle for positions in APC
The commission had fixed N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 as nomination forms fees for the chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and councillorship candidates, respectively.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is set for the screening of 1,385 aspirants jostling for the party’s chairmanship and councillorship seats in the forthcoming council elections.
The State Secretary of the party, Lanre Ogunyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday.
Mr Ogunyemi said 332 chairmanship and 1,053 councillorship aspirants will be screened across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the state.
“With the end of sales and submission of forms by aspirants of the APC Lagos state, the party is set to commence its screening exercise on May 15.
LASIEC) has unveiled guidelines for the forthcoming local government election scheduled for July 24.
LASIEC Chairman, Ayotunde Philips, in the guidelines issued on Saturday, said the commission had fixed N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 as nomination forms fees for the chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and councillorship candidates, respectively.
“Political parties are required to obtain the following LASIEC Forms: LASIEC 001, LASIEC 002, and LASIEC 008 for their candidates as from May 4. This ends at 12 noon, May 5 at the commission’s headquarters, Sabo-Yaba, Lagos.
“LASIEC form 001 must be completed and returned to the commission by the political parties not later than June 4,” Mrs Philips, a retired judge, said.