Ekiti electoral commission submits referendum result to Assembly
Ekiti
State Independent Electoral Commission on Monday submitted results of
Saturday’s Referendum on the proposed Local Council Development Areas to
the House of Assembly.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mrs. Bosede Adelusi, who led the delegation said the EKSIEC was right in conducting the referendum, contrary to the opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party.
The party had on Sunday in a statement urged the Assembly to ignore the referendum results.
Receiving the results, the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, promised that the Assembly would act promptly on it.
According to him, the new LCDAs, which will ultimately lead to Local Government Council Areas, is in line with the resolve of the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to bring governance nearer to the people.
He consequently referred the document to the Chairman of House Ad-hoc Committee on Local Government Creation, Taiwo Orisalade, who is the Deputy Speaker, for action.
Orisalade promised to quickly look into the results of the referendum and later refer same back to the House for debate, before taking a final decision.
The results of the referendum as announced by Adelusi indicated that the total number of ‘Yes’ in Ado Local Government was 3,521 while ‘No’ vote was nil.
In Ekiti East “Yes” votes were 2,310 with 256 ‘No’ votes; Ekiti West, 8,729 “Yes” votes and one “No” vote while Ekiti South West had 17,725 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote.
Gbonyin Local Government had 5,163 “Yes” votes with 26 “No” votes; Ido-Osi Local Government, 2,845 “Yes” votes and 49 “No” votes, while Ijero had 6,059 “Yes” votes as against 1,076 “No” votes.
Ikere Local Government recorded 3,427 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote; Ikole Local Government 2,518 “Yes” votes, 1,183 “No” votes; Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government, 4,926 “Yes” and 223 “No” votes.
Moba Local Government recorded 10,088 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote while it was 4,398 ‘yes’ votes as against one ‘No’ vote in Oye Local Government.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mrs. Bosede Adelusi, who led the delegation said the EKSIEC was right in conducting the referendum, contrary to the opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party.
The party had on Sunday in a statement urged the Assembly to ignore the referendum results.
Receiving the results, the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, promised that the Assembly would act promptly on it.
According to him, the new LCDAs, which will ultimately lead to Local Government Council Areas, is in line with the resolve of the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to bring governance nearer to the people.
He consequently referred the document to the Chairman of House Ad-hoc Committee on Local Government Creation, Taiwo Orisalade, who is the Deputy Speaker, for action.
Orisalade promised to quickly look into the results of the referendum and later refer same back to the House for debate, before taking a final decision.
The results of the referendum as announced by Adelusi indicated that the total number of ‘Yes’ in Ado Local Government was 3,521 while ‘No’ vote was nil.
In Ekiti East “Yes” votes were 2,310 with 256 ‘No’ votes; Ekiti West, 8,729 “Yes” votes and one “No” vote while Ekiti South West had 17,725 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote.
Gbonyin Local Government had 5,163 “Yes” votes with 26 “No” votes; Ido-Osi Local Government, 2,845 “Yes” votes and 49 “No” votes, while Ijero had 6,059 “Yes” votes as against 1,076 “No” votes.
Ikere Local Government recorded 3,427 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote; Ikole Local Government 2,518 “Yes” votes, 1,183 “No” votes; Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government, 4,926 “Yes” and 223 “No” votes.
Moba Local Government recorded 10,088 “Yes” votes and nil “No” vote while it was 4,398 ‘yes’ votes as against one ‘No’ vote in Oye Local Government.
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