The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has directed its party Chairmen in the 23 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state to ensure zoning of the Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in their respective LGAs to avoid acrimony, ahead of the 5 October Local Government elections in the state.
The Chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) Dr. John Chen had announced that the council poll slated for 16 November had been brought back to 5 October 2024 in order to beat the deadline of the recent ruling of the Supreme Court.
The BSIEC Chairman announced the new date midweek when he hosted members of the Benue State House of Assembly Committee on Electoral Matters and Civil Society led by its Chairman, Mr. Abu Umoru at the Commission’s Headquaters in Makurdi.
Represented by the Commission’s Secretary, Dr. Vincent Gisaor, the Chairman explained that the backward shift in the date of the poll “is due to the recent ruling of the Supreme Court.”
The State Executive Committee of the APC in a statement weekend, signed by its acting Chairman, Mr. Benjamin Omakolo directed the LG party Chairmen to convene a meeting of stakeholders in the various LGAs to finalise zoning in the various LGAs.
Part of the statement read: “Sequel to the commencement of programmes for the forthcoming Local Government elections, the State Executive Committee of APC in Benue State under the esteemed leadership of Benjamin Omakolo has directed the party Chairmen in the 23 LGAs to organize stakeholders meeting for the purpose of zoning of Chairmanship and Councilorship positions.
“The meeting is expected to hold latest Tuesday, 30 July 2024 across all the 23 local governments of the State. The caretaker committee chairmen are admonished to undertake logistic roles to execute a hitch free zoning meeting”.
