said that the council had been at the vanguard of advancing women’s political participation and representation.
The Rivers State Independence Electoral Commission has scheduled the council elections for October 5.
IPAC urged the governor-elect to be magnanimous in victory.
IPAC’s chairman in Imo, Ichie Levi Ekeh, alleged that ISIEC failed to comply with some of the state’s 2024 local government election guidelines.
Non-sensitive materials were already on the ground at the local government areas for the August 31 LG council polls.
Sixteen opposition political parties in Osun have withdrawn from the local government elections scheduled for February 22, 2025.
“We are satisfied with the time frame for preparations and conduct of the polls beginning from July 7 to September 9, 2024.’’
“All we ought to do is strengthen our laws to make manipulation and rigging of elections almost impossible.”
Mr Jajere said that the commission must remain impartial in the conduct of the election to ensure its credibility.
“These are the challenges and the new leadership of IPAC must rise up to the occasion.”
