The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) on Tuesday announced that it has cleared all candidates submitted to it by the political parties ahead of the November 4, 2017 local government election in the state.
The polls will hold across the 17 council areas and 260 wards for the Chairmanship and Councillorship positions, respectively. ENSIEC had earlier disqualified some of the candidates for reasons ranging from non-possession of tax clearance certificate, non-possession of PVC to failure of some of the candidates to attend screening earlier organised by the commission.
The ENSIEC’s decision attracted protest from opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and some other political parties in the state. However, ENSIEC Secretary, Mr. Tagbo Nnamah, has disclosed that all the candidates submitted within the stipulated time would be allowed to stand for the election.
According to him, “Following the meeting of the commission with leaders of various political parties in Enugu State, the commission has resolved that every person who was selected and presented by any political party and considered fit to represent the party in the forthcoming Local Government Elections is free to stand for the said election without any disqualification. “In the light of this, all names submitted by political parties on or before 26th October, 2017 and names sent for replacement in appropriate cases are, therefore, valid and favourably considered. Please accept the assurances of the commission’s best regards.”
