Kano State Independent Electoral Commission has rescheduled the local government council election to October 26.
Announcing the change, KANSIEC Chairman, Prof. Sani Malumfashi said the elections which was initially billed to hold on November 30 was brought backward in view of the supreme court judgement.
He said “In recognition and conformity with the recent Supreme Court’s decision, the nature of agreement between the state and federal governments, and the open expression of October deadline for local government autonomy given by the Supreme Court and federal government, as well as other extraneous variables, the commission is impaired to reschedule the electoral activities from the already scheduled election date to October 26 2024, as against November 30, 2024,” Malumfashi said.
He noted that the decision was pursuant to the power conferred on the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission by paragraph 3(4) (a) of part 11 of the third schedule of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 3(1) of the Kano State Local Government Election Law 2004.
According to the new timetable, political parties will begin electioneering campaigns on September 1 and end midnight (12am) of September October 26.
From September 3 to 14, party primaries and submission of names of successful candidates to the commission will hold.
Sale of forms by KANSIEC will commence on September 15 and end September 26, while submission of completed forms will end on October October 8.
Verification of candidates by the commission and submission of names of political party agents will start on October 9 and close on October 14.
The names of qualified and/ or disqualified candidates will be released on October 14, while replacement of candidates will start on October 14 and close on October 18.
The commission will publish names of eligible candidates on October 20, conduct the election on October 26 and declare poll result the same day or following day.
November 9 has been fixed for runoff if the need arises.
The INEC form for the chairmanship remains N10 million, just as the form for the position of councillor still goes for N5 million.
The commission had announced that candidates for the position of chairman must be 30 years old and above while those contesting to be councillor must not be less than 25 years old.
On qualifications, it said a candidate must have a secondary school certificate.
