Politics
LP holds primaries Friday, adopts indirect election for Lagos LG poll
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has fixed Friday for its chairmanship primaries for the July 12 Local Government election in the state.
The LP State Chairman, Pastor Dayo Ekong, in a media interaction on Thursday in Lagos, said that the chairmanship primaries would hold at the various council areas.
According to her, the party will adopt the delegate-based mode (indirect) to nominate its candidates for the LG election.
Ekong stated: “Our councillorship primaries will hold today (Thursday) across all the wards while the chairmanship primaries will be held on Friday in all the local government areas.
“We are committed to free, fair and transparent primary elections.
“We are confident of a good outing in the election.”
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) is to conduct the election in 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state.(NAN)
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