Thirteen political parties have been cleared to contest the January 18 2025 Local Government Election in Ondo State.
They are Action Democratic Party (ADP), Action People’s Party (APP), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Boot Party (BP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressives Party (YPP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Action Alliance (AA), and National Rescue Movement (NRM).
This number was confirmed by the Ondo State independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, Commissioner in charge of Communication, Media and Information Technology, Mr Tunde Adeleye, in a statement by the Commission’s Press Officer, Mrs Bisi Lawani.
The parties were cleared following a screening exercise conducted at the ODIEC headquarters on Friday, 27 December 2024.
They are eligible to contest for the chairmanship positions in the state’s 18 local government areas and the councillorship positions in the 203 wards.
According to the statement: “The list of screened and cleared political parties was released today by ODIEC on 1 January 2025.”
ODIEC guidelines stipulated that campaign activities by political parties commenced on December 26, 2024 and are expected to conclude on January 16, 2025.
