An opposition celebration within the nation, the Motion Folks’s Social gathering (APP), has handed a vote of confidence on the Rivers State Impartial Electoral Fee (RSIEC) for saying October 5, 2024 because the date for the conduct of native authorities elections within the state.
The celebration additionally hailed Governor Sim Fubara for giving the nod for the state electoral umpire to conduct election for democratically elected native authorities chairmen and Ward councillors to emerge fairly than permitting the undemocratic observe of caretaker governance on the third tier of presidency proceed unabated.
APP at a press briefing in Abuja by its Nationwide Chairman, Barr. Uche Nnadi, the celebration welcomed the announcement by RSIEC Chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rted), at a stakeholders assembly in Port Harcourt on Monday and vowed that the celebration will take part totally within the polls.
The celebration expressed confidence that with the democratic posture of Governor Fubara and demonstration of neutrality by RSIEC, it is going to win on the October 5, 2024 native authorities polls within the South-South state.
The celebration known as on different governors to emulate the democratic disposition of their Rivers State counterpart and again their respective State Impartial Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to conduct native elections in contrast to the observe the place a few of them hold appointing and reappointing caretaker committees multiple 12 months after they assumed workplace.
“The Motion Folks’s Social gathering (APP), one in every of Nigeria’s main opposition celebration obtained with ecstasy the announcement of the Rivers State Impartial Electoral Fee
(RSIEC) that it’ll conduct native authorities election o October 5, 2024. It is a welcome growth and for this motion, we cross vote of confidence on the state electoral umpire.
“We equally hail the Govt Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Sim Fubara for his democratic posture to present a nod for RSIEC to carry the train although most of his colleagues who they took oath of workplace on the identical day each for his or her first and second time period haven’t proven the dedication to entrenching democratically elected management on the grassroots however have fairly continued to nominate and reappoint caretaker committees for greater than a 12 months now.
“By this present of concern within the consolidation of democracy within the state, our celebration’s confidence has been restored and we are going to due to this fact totally take part within the train with agency consider that we’ll win going by tempo set by the His Excellency Governor Fubara and the RSIEC Chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, (rted).
“We additionally urged different Governors and SIECs who’re but to repair date for native authorities elections since Could 29, 2023 to borrow a leaf from Governor Fubara in addition to RSIEC and instantly work out the modalities to conduct council polls so as to put off the undemocratic observe of appointing and reappointing caretaker committees.
“Nigeria, having attained 25 unbroken years of democracy cannot proceed with the obnoxious observe of working the third tier of presidency by means of caretaker committees or sole directors as it’s obtained in some states. The native greater than different tiers of presidency is the place democracy is meant to thrive extra if really it’s the ‘authorities of the folks by the folks and for the folks’ as a result of that’s the place the folks actually reside,” it acknowledged.