Bauchi Shifts LG Polls To Aug. 17

The Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC) has shifted the date for the local government chairmanship and councillorship  elections to August 17.

Bauchi conducted local government elections in October 2020 when the PDP won all chairmen and councillorship seats.

Since then, all the 20 local government chairmen and deputies have been appointed as caretaker committee chairmen. Currently, all the chairmen and deputies were appointed by Governor Bala Mohammed.

Chairman of BASIEC, Ahmed Makaman in a statement in Bauchi said the plan to hold the elections on August 10 could not be sustained due to some reasons which he did not specify.

He said the elections were adjusted to take place August 17.

Makama urged political parties and other stakeholders to note the new adjustment and tidy internal mechanisms for the new date.