Calabar, Cross River state – Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River state, has declared a 2-day holiday ahead of the local government elections in the state.
Otu’s chief press secretary (CPS) Nsa Gill, said the Thursday and Friday public holidays will enable residents to travel to their various voting units across the state.
As reported by Thecable, Nsa made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 30.
He said Governor Otu believes it is important that every citizen must participate actively in the LG poll.
According to the statement, the governor urged residents of the state to utilise the public holiday and engage in the electoral process to make their voices heard.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that the LG election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 2 across the 18 LGAs of the state.
TimesNow.com.ng recalls that a legal practitioner, Titilope Anifowoshe, in an interview with TimesNow.com.ng explained the importance of local government elections at the grassroots level.
Anifowoshe urged Nigerians to be active in states where local government elections have been announced.
Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Barrister Anyakweh Miracle Amadi reacted to the conduct of the local government election in Rivers state.
Amadi said Governor Siminalayi Fubara insisted that the Rivers LG election must hold because of the Supreme Court ruling.
The political analyst said with elected LG chairmen, the federal allocation accruable to the councils can be denied.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
