Oyo moves to conduct LG poll, approves N279.5m for production of ballot papers

In preparation for the conduct of elections into the 33 local government councils of Oyo State, the Oyo State Government has approved the sum of N279.2 million for the production of ballot papers to be used for the polls slated for May 15, 2021.

Speaking on the preparation, Wasiu Olatunbosun, Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, stated that the production is directly awarded to the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, (NSPMC).

He said, “The Council approved the production of ballot papers to be used for the forthcoming local government election, which is scheduled to hold on May 15, 2021. And the production is directly awarded to Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company.

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“In the past elections in the state, they made use of the government printing press, but, this time around, we want a third party to handle this sensitive material so that nobody will have access to the ballot papers.”

Also, Kehinde Sangodoyin, Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, said that the Government is to construct in the next 6 months, a new Oyo State Governor’s Lodge at No 2, John Kadiya Close, Abuja, through an alternative project funding approach (APFA) at the cost of N1.2 billion.