The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that local government elections in the state will be held on Saturday, 28th September 2024.
This was disclosed in a circular signed by the ANSIEC chairman, Genevieve Osakwe, in Awka on Monday.
The upcoming local government elections will be the first in 10 years, as the last such election was conducted in the state in 2014.
Since then, all 21 local government areas have been under the administration of caretaker committee chairmen appointed by successive governors every three months.
The state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, inaugurated the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday, with Genevieve Osakwe appointed as Chairman of the Commission.
According to the governor, the terms of reference for the commission include organising, undertaking, and supervising all elections and matters related to elections for elective offices in the local government councils of the state, as well as providing the necessary advice to the Independent National Electoral Commission on the compilation of the voter register.
In the circular signed by the ANSIEC chairman, the election timetable, schedule of activities, and other details can be obtained from the Commission’s headquarters in Awka from Wednesday, 14th August 2024.
The circular stated, “The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission wishes to inform all registered political parties and the general public that local government elections in the state will be held on Saturday, 28th September 2024.
“The election timetable, schedule of activities, and other details can be collected from the headquarters of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, Awka, from Wednesday, 14th August 2024.”
Expectations are now high among opposition parties and civil society groups that have been clamouring for local government elections, the last of which was held in the state in 2014.
With this election, the practice of appointing caretaker committee chairmen by the governor to oversee the 21 local government areas of the state every three months will end.
