LASIEC Set To Conduct Lagos Council Election In July

• Justice Phillips said the goal of the commission is to conduct a free, fair, credible and inclusive election.

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that election into the offices of chairman, vice chairman and councillors in the 20 Local Government Councils and 37 LCDAs in Lagos State will hold July 2021.

This was disclosed by Justice Ayotunde Phillips (rtd), chairperson of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) on Tuesday, 20th April, 2021.

LASIEC is the body charged with the statutory responsibility of electoral management and administration in Lagos State.

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Justice Phillips said the goal of the commission is to conduct a free, fair, credible and inclusive election.

A source within LASIEC said the election would hold sometime within the neighbourhood of mid-July.

EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the current chairmen, whose tenure is set to expire this July were sworn in by former governor Akinwunmi Ambode on 25 July 2017 for a four year term.

The announcement of the imminent election by LASIEC comes on the heels of a meeting of  political juggernauts at the Lagos House, Marina.

The meeting was reportedly called by the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a notice sent out by APC Lagos chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun and Governor’s Advisory Council(GAC) secretary Alhaji Mutiu Are.