{"id":285412,"date":"2017-01-16T18:28:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285412"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:28:52","slug":"council-of-state-reps-to-be-elected-on-february-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/council-of-state-reps-to-be-elected-on-february-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of State reps to be elected on February 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Thursday, February 9, 2017, as the date to hold elections for the regional representatives to the Council of State.<\/p>\n
The Commission on Monday said it will begin accepting nominations for the position from prospective candidates from Friday 20th January, to Thursday 26th January 2017.<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by the Head of Communications, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, the EC said it is yet to determine the venue within the regional capitals where voting will be held.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Commission will be accepting nominations from prospective candidates for the Election at the Regional Offices of the Commission from Friday 20th January to Thursday 26th, January 2017 from 8:00am to 12:00 noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm on each day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Commission said nomination forms will be made available to interested candidates from Tuesday, 17th January 2017, to Thursday, 19th January 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Requirements for nomination\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n To be eligible for election to the Council of State a prospective candidate must;<\/p>\n A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a regional representative to the Council of State if;<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Thursday, February 9, 2017, as the date to hold elections for the regional representatives to the Council of State. The Commission on Monday said it will begin accepting nominations for the position from prospective candidates from Friday 20th January, to Thursday 26th January 2017. In a statement signed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[2169,3117,556,3],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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