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The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has said that it is conducting election into only the 33 LGAs because they are the ones recognised by the nation’s 1999 constitution (as amended).
Electoral Commissioner, in-charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Babatunde Adeniyi, who spoke with the
Tribune Online, said the current commission did not see in its archives the said Oyo State Law mandating conduct of election in the LCDAs.
He added that the commission also worked with the fact that the nation’s constitution takes precedence over any other law or by-law.
Adeniyi said: “We are conducting election into the 33 LGs only because the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria recognizes 774 local government areas and we have 33 local government areas in Oyo State, not 68 local government areas.
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