By-elections: LASIEC meets stakeholders, vow transparency

By Olayinka Ajayi

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, connected Thursday assured stakeholders of its readiness to behaviour credible councillorship by-elections successful the state.

The by-elections became indispensable pursuing the decease of 2 recently elected councillors of Ward C and Ward H of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) respectively.

The 2 councillors died days aft July 12 Local Government Elections and their swearing-in.

Speaking, LASIEC Chairman, retired Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile portion commending the stakeholders for continuous enactment and collaboration, said that the committee would not instrumentality the yet-to-be-fixed by-elections for granted nor permission immoderate chromatic unturned.

Okikiolu-Ighile, who was represented by a LASIEC Electoral Commissioner, Mr Samson Ajibade, said the committee was poised to execute its mandate of conducting free, just and credible elections.

She said that the committee received with profound daze and sadness the quality of the untimely passing of the 2 precocious sworn-in Councillors- Mrs Oluwakemi Sabiu of Ibeju-Lekki LG and Mrs Zaynab Shotayo of Odi-Olowo-Ojuwoye LCDA.

“The demise of these 2 elected councillors has created vacancies that must, successful enactment with the LASIEC Laws and antiauthoritarian principles, beryllium duly filled. Democracy thrives connected representation, and the radical of the affected wards merit the accidental to erstwhile again elite their representatives.

“LASIEC, successful the discharge of its law mandate, has acceptable successful question the processes that volition culminate successful credible, escaped and just by-elections.

“We are committed to ensuring that the volition of the radical successful the affected wards is reflected done transparent processes that warrant inclusiveness, accountability and legitimacy,” Okikiolu-Ighile said.

She said that governmental parties, information agencies, civilian nine organisations, media, accepted rulers, spiritual leaders and electorate each played indispensable roles successful gathering spot and assurance successful the election.

“It is lone done your cooperation, vigilance, and committedness to owed process that the by-elections tin beryllium successful.
“As a commission, we shall proceed to prolong a beardown collaboration with each the cardinal stakeholders and different involvement groups, to make a level playing crushed and adjacent entree for each the players successful the governmental landscape.

“We shall uphold the assurance of the radical to guarantee that the committee delivers connected its statutory mandate with openness and transparency,” she said.

The president said that the by-elections presented different accidental for LASIEC to fortify ideology astatine the grassroots.

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