CROSIEC Slashes Nomination Fees For Council Elections ... Shifts Election to November 2

Ndifereke BASSEY

The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has slashed nomination fees for candidates in the forthcoming local government elections in the state.

The commission has earlier fixed N5 million nomination fees for chairmen and N1 million fees councillors in the election.

However, the commission said sequel to an appeal by the Inter Party Advisory Council IPAC to the state governor, the nomination fees for chairman has been slashed from N5 million to N1 million while that of councilors has also reduced from N1 million to N200,000.

Dr. Ekong Edet Boco, the chairman of the commission while announcing the review said" The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission in its meeting resolved that the cost of nomination fee be reduce from N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) to N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) for Chairmanship. "Similarly, that of councillorship has been rescued from N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) to N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) in line with the appeal made by IPAC to the Governor", Dr Boco said.

The chairman also announced that the Commission has graciously extended the election by one (1) week.

He said "Accordingly, the proposed Local Government Councils election in the State will now hold on Saturday, 2nd November, 2024, while the Campaign will end on Friday, 1 November, 2024", he said.