Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the local government election will hold across the twenty- three local governments councils in Rivers state on Saturday fifth October, twenty twenty four.
The Chairman, Rivers state Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, unveiled the election timetable to stakeholders on Monday at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Rivers state has been embroiled in crisis since June seventeenth twenty twenty four when the tenure of elected local government chairmen elapsed owing to whether or not it was constitutional for the state governor to appoint caretaker committee chairmen to administer the councils pending the conduct of the election.
The altercations has led to the local council secretariats being taken over by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order.
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Addressing the stakeholders, chairman of Rivers state independent electoral commission RSIEC, retired justice Adolphus Enebeli, says RSIEC as presently constituted is ready to conduct credible local council polls come fifth October twenty twenty four.
The RSIEC boss who unveiled the election timetable to the stakeholders assured that RSIEC will provide level playing ground for all political parties that will participate in the exercise and urged them to play by the rules.
Amongst the stakeholders were political leaders, civil society groups, security agencies, traditional rulers and Inter-Party Advisory Council IPAC who made a presentation to assist RSIEC in the conduct of the local government polls.
However, the chairmen of the All progressives Congress APC and peoples Democratic Party PDP were both absent at the event.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
