By Omenihu Alfred fibmn
The widely publicized July 24 local government election in Lagos State will feature 15 political parties in the contest as stated by the electoral body in charge.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission {LASEiC}, Ayotunde Philips, mentioned this yesterday during a press conference at the LASEIC secretariat
“The result of our validation exercise of candidates of political parties indicated that 15 political parties are participating in this election,” she said.
Mrs Philips said the final list of candidates for the election is out following approval and screening by political parties.
Mrs Philips said as part of preparations for the Saturday election, non-sensitive materials have been deployed to different wards.
She disclosed that the distributions of sensitive materials to all the LGCs and LCDAS will be done on Friday night in the presence of security agencies and political parties agents to ensure security and transparency.
