By; SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) has announced Saturday May 20, 2023 as the scheduled date for local government council elections in all the 27 local government areas of the state.
A statement issued and signed by the Director of Information, Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Hajiya Zara Alhassan and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri on Friday, said the Executive Chairman of BOSIEC, Alhaji Lawan Maina Mahmud disclosed this during a LGCs Election Stakeholders meeting at the Conference Hall of the commission.
Thr statement added that to kick start the process of the LGCs election activities of the scheduled by the commission, Alhaji Lawan revealed that section 10 and 18 sub section a(a) of the BOSIEC Law 2002 (as amended), empowers the commission to organize, undertake and supervise the LGCs elections in all the 27 local government area’s of the state.
He further explained that due to the fact that the commission values the participation of all the stakeholders as shown by their quick response to the meeting, despite the short notice, the commission is ready to conduct a free, fair and credible LGCs election.
The BOSIEC Executive Chairman also solicited for the stakeholders ‘ support and cooperation before, during and after the elections, pointing out that, their support can never be over-emphasized as the commission is assiduously working earnestly towards entrenching the nascent democracy at the grassroots level.
The State Coordinator of Code of Conduct Bureau, Alhaji Grema in his remarks, urged civil servants venturing into politics to resign and declare their assets before contesting elections.
While in his own submission, the state chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Abba Shettima Imam advised politicians to present genuine and credible documents for proper screening by the parties all the intending contestants in order to avoid too much disqualification and litigation cases.
Fourteen (14) out of eighteen (18) registered political parties attended the meeting among other election stakeholders.
