Ondo Holds LG Polls, August 22

The suspended local government election in Ondo State has been scheduled to hold on August 22, 2020.
The exercise, which was earlier scheduled to hold in April 2020, was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, Prof Yomi Dinakin, while speaking at the headquarters of the commission in Akure, the state capital, on Monday, said the election would hold next month.
He said the choice of the date by the commission was in compliance with Section 25 of the Electoral Act which conferred on the commission the power to determine the date of the election.
Dinakin said, “Notice is hereby given that the poll for chairmanship and councilorship elections shall hold on Saturday, 22nd of August, 2020.
“Accreditation and voting start 8am on that day and close 3pm to give room for collation. All vehicular movement shall be restricted except those on essential and election duties. Markets and shops shall remain closed within the period”.