Wale Jagun
The statement by the Chairman of the Lagos State Independence Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Ayotunde Phillips (rtd), that elections into the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Councillors in the 20 councils and 37 LCDAs would hold in July has put aspirants on the alert.
Justice Phillips, who has always maintained that LASIEC is ready and prepared for the election, on Tuesday (yesterday), in a statement, said that the electoral body is committed to conducting a credible election.
“Election into the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Councillors in the 20 Local Government Councils and 37 LCDAs in Lagos State is scheduled to hold in July 2021.
“The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), the body charged with the statutory responsibility of electoral management and administration, is committed to conducting a free, fair, credible and inclusive election. The Statutory Notice shall be published very soon”.
The statement by the LASIEC Chairman has, therefore, put aspirants, who have been waiting for a directive to start their campaigns, at alerts.
Many of them immediately rolled out their campaignprogrammes on social media, immediately LASIEC made the announcement, while others that have been campaigning before have since intensified their efforts.
Meanwhile, some are still of the view that the ruling party in the state, which has not said anything concerning the election, is not ready and that it is considering appointing Sole Administrators or Executive Secretaries to take over when the tenure of the sitting chairmen and other office holders expires on July 25, 2021.
It would be recalled that former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode sworn-in the incumbent on July 25, 2017.
