The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has said that his administration will conduct local government election this year.
Disclosing this in a chat with journalists, he said the state government was actually waiting for the 2023 general elections to be concluded before commencing the process for the council polls.
The PUNCH reports that the tenure of the last elected local government chairmen and councillors expired on August 14, 2022 and the councils had been operating without elected council bosses since then. In the past few months, the governor had come under intense criticism by the opposition and concerned stakeholders over the inability of his administration to conduct council poll.
Diri said he was hopeful that the exercise would be held this year, with the national elections rounded off.
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