Also 1, 407, 222 valid number of registered
voters for the election
Twenty (20) political parties are to field
candidates for the August 9, 2014
Governorship Election in Osun State.


A list of candidates and political parties
released by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State
revealed that 20 parties would be fielding
candidates for the election as filing of
nomination of new candidates came to a
close.


At the close of the period for the filing of
nomination, a document released by the
Public Affairs Officer of INEC in the state,
Mrs. Adenike Tadese, indicated that 20
candidates have their papers with the
electoral body seeking to participate in the
governorship election.


According to the document signed by one
Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the parties are Action
Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), ACPN,
Alliance for Democracy (AD), ADC, APA,
APGA, APC, CPP, Labour Party (LP) and MPPP.
Others are National Conscience Party (NCP),
NNPP, Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM),
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples
Progressive Alliance (PPA), UNP, Unity Party
of Nigeria (UPN), UPP and Social Democratic
Party (SDP).


Also, INEC says a total of 1, 407, 222 valid
number of registered voters (post-March
2014 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)).
This number is spread across the 30 local
councils of the state, which has 332 wards
(registration areas), 3,010 polling units and
3,379 voting points.


The gender distribution of the voter
population indicates that the males are
661,394 (47 per cent) and the females
745,828 (53 per cent).


A breakdown of the voter population by local
council areas shows that Atakumosa East
has 31,136 registered voters; Atakumosa
West (24,569); Ayedaade (51, 252); Ayedire
(25,899); Boluwaduro (16,844); Boripe
(47,137); Ede North (49,130); Ede South
(35,931); Egbedore (33,925) and Ejigbo
(51,623).


Ife Central has 95,471 registered voters;
Ifedayo (13,066); Ife East (81,430); Ifelodun
(57,591); Ife North (45,435); Ife South
(44,555); Ila 33,527); Ilesa East (54,746);
Ilesa West (52,286) and Irepodun (36,554).
Irewole has 53,487 registered voters; Isokan
(38,493); Iwo (66,657); Obokun (37,957);
Odo-Otin (48,720); Ola-Oluwa (25,524);
Olorunda (71,580); Oriade (47,113); Orolu
(24,914) and Osogbo with 110,670
registered voters.


INEC in the statement said the release of the
documents was in compliance with Section
31 Subsections 3, 4 and 5 of the Electoral
Act 2010 (as amended).


The documents, INEC added, had been
displayed at the Office of the Commission
and its 30 Local Government Offices.
The statement however asked members of
the public to grab the opportunity to
scrutinise the documents with a view to
questioning the authenticity of the
credentials where necessary under the law.


It further charged any citizen of the state
who has any claim or doubts the originality
of the documents submitted to INEC by the
candidates to approach the court of law.
The release reads in part: “In compliance
with Section 31 Subsections 3, 4 and 5 of the
Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the
Independent National Electoral Commission,
Osun State, on Monday, 16th June, 2014,
displayed personal particulars of all
candidates contesting the August 9, 2014
Gubernatorial Election in the state.


“By this act, members of the public by law,
have the opportunity to scrutinise the
documents submitted by candidates as
pasted by INEC.
“Any person who has any claim to question
information given by these candidates
should approach the Court of law. General
public please note.”

SOURCE:
http://scannewsnigeria.com/breaking-news/20-parties-field-candidates-for-osun-gov-poll/

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