PLATEAU- Six political parties will contest the Jan. 30 council elections in Plateau State.

This was announced in Jos, on Thursday, by the Chairman, Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), Mr. Peter Dalyop, who listed the parties as : All Peoples Grand Alliance (APGA), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr. Dalyop said he was satisfied with the screening and clearing of candidates of the political parties listed above, and that the list of candidates shall be released next Monday.

The chairman also said that recruitment and training of ad hoc staff would be done “close to the election date”.