The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body for all registered political parties in Nigeria, is committed to supporting the upcoming local government elections in Rivers State, scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 5, 2024. .
The All Progressives Congress (APC) faction in Rivers State, led by caretaker committee chairman Tony Okocha, is loyal to Nyesom Wike, former Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and Abuja. Yes, it had earned a high in Abuja. A court injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from providing the 2023 voter register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for elections. The court also prohibited security personnel from providing election security.
However, Rivers State Governor Simi Hubala insisted on national television that the elections should take place as the RSIEC has already made preparations for the elections.
However, the election gained momentum after IPAC announced that it was ready for the election.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, IPAC National Chairman Yusuf Mamman Dantar said: 23 local government areas of the state.
Since then, political parties have submitted nomination forms and complied with guidelines and regulations for conducting elections, ensuring that elections are free, fair, reliable, transparent, peaceful and inclusive. .
“Please be assured that the political parties and their candidates for chairperson, vice-chairperson and city council members are preparing and ready to participate in the elections as scheduled.We hope to further deepen the country’s democracy at the grassroots level. There is no going back on this important exercise, and in line with the Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on municipal autonomy, it was meant to bring development and government to the grassroots.
He said IPAC is supporting local government elections in Rivers State and all other elections across the country. “The council strongly condemned high nomination fees that aim to exclude reliable candidates who cannot afford exorbitant fees and undermine the national leadership of political parties and undermine the electoral process. It was a sudden change in the election law to destroy the competition.It was inappropriate for us to change the rules or goalposts in the middle of a match or to gain an unfair advantage over other competitors. I claim that there is,” he added.
“Elections cannot be thwarted by judicial statutes that favor politicians, part-timers and employees pursuing outrageous ambitions,” he said. This is when some political clowns secretly obtained orders from the courts to halt the long-awaited presidential elections aimed at establishing a democratic government after years of military rule. It was a truncated version of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. rule. “
