Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has assured that the scheduled local government elections will be conducted on October 5, 2024, because no encumbrance is known to law to stop the process.
The governor, therefore, urged political parties and candidates contesting for various positions in the election and the electorate to be enthusiastic as they prepare to vote for their preferred candidates who will become the new political leaders at the council level.
Fubara gave the assurance shortly after an inspection tour on Monday of some sections of the 12.5km N225.1 billion Trans-Kalabari Road project.
The project is being constructed from the Nkpor-Aker Road Roundabout in the Rumuolumeni community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. It will connect the Bakana community by overbridge across the seas to other communities in Kalabari land.
Commenting on the Trans-Kalabari Road project, the governor said: „We are in Rumuolumeni, which is the starting point of the Trans-Kalabari Road. If you remember when we came to flag off this project, it is a project that will connect the Tombia people to the city.
So, we just came for an inspection to see the job‘s progress. I am not too impressed, but considering the terrain, it is not an average firm land where you clean the earth and lay your asphalt.
But I have told them I need more speed because this project is significant for me. I see it as one of my legacy projects. It is important that I achieve it before we complete our tenure,“ he added.
Fubara also visited the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) complex, where he interacted with the Commission‘s chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, and other principal staff.
He said, „Our election will be held on October 5th, 2024. I‘m aware that RSIEC told me they already had an order mandating them to conduct the election on October 5th, 2024, and the security agencies to support them.
„So, with that order, the election will hold. I might not be a lawyer, but I know there is something they call first-in-hand, and since they have the first-in-hand, we will give them all the necessary support for that election to be conducted. And it will be one of the best elections ever conducted free and fair in this State.“
Addressing RSIEC staff, the governor said he had been inundated with rumours of plans by some misguided fellows to disrupt activities at the commission and warned such persons to retrace their steps.
