Rivers, Kogi, 11 other states to hold local govt elections after Supreme Court judgement

Barely a week after the landmark judgement by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to local government authorities in the country, at least 13 states have begun preparing to hold council elections.

In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the seven-man panel held that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves. On Tuesday, July 16, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission scheduled the council poll for October 19, 2024. “In consonance with the provision of section 25 of the KAD-SIECOM Law 2024, the general public is hereby informed that the LGA council election will be held in Kaduna on Saturday, 19th October 2024, between 8am and 4pm.

Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting in Lokoja on Tuesday, chairman of the electoral commission, Mamman Eri, said the decision was in line with the provision of the Constitution and the powers vested in the state Independent Electoral Commission. The chairman of the commission, Alhaji Ahmad Makama, who disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Bauchi, said all necessary arrangements had been concluded to ensure free and fair elections.

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