INEC: Ondo governorship election holds October 20

Prof. Jega

BARRING the unforeseen, the governorship election in Ondo State will hold on October 20, the the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced yesterday.

According to a statement last night by the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Emmanuel Umenger, the new time-table and schedule of activities were released at the end of its weekly meeting yesterday.

He said the notice of the election would be issued on July 16 while the collection of forms for the election by political parties at INEC headquarters will be on July 27.

According to him, public electioneering campaigns by political parties will begin on July 12 and end on October 19, a day to the election.

The statement reads: “Political parties sponsoring candidates for the election should submit the names of their (party) agents to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Ondo state, on the 13th October 2012, seven days to the election.