The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, KANSIEC, has reduced the fee for nomination forms for chairmanship and councillorship positions in the upcoming Local Government election in the state.
The Chairman of the state’s electoral commission Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi announced that the nomination fee for Chairmanship and Councillorship is now N9 million and N4 million respectively.
Eagleeyes report that the commission earlier pegged the nomination fee at N10 million for Chairmanship position and N5 million for councillorship.
Dissatisfied with the KANSIEC’s position, the opposition parties went to court, where they obtained order restraining the commission from imposing the fees.
The court had last week restrained the KANSIEC from charging the N10 million and N5 million for Chairmanship and Councillorship positions.
Addressing journalists at the Commission’s headquarters in Kano on Friday, Malumfashi said KANSIEC had complied with the order by charging N9 million for Chairmanship and N4 million for Councillorship positions.
He explained that the fee is also applicable to running mates of the chairmanship position.
“The forms are now available in banks. Candidates should rush to the banks to purchase the forms.
“Because we are law abiding, we have complied with the courts order, ” he said.
The Chairman also said the commission had welcomed the decision of opposition parties to participate in the October 26 Local Government elections.
”This is a beauty of democracy. However, they must play the game according to the rules. The campaigns should be issue-based, not violent and attacks.
Malumfashi also announced that primary elections begins tomorrow Saturday September 14 , “We therefore expect parties to submit candidates list”.
