Rivers LG Polls: RSIEC Plans LGAs Sensitisation Tour

As part of preparations for the forthcoming local government elections in Rivers State, the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) is to embark on a sensitisation tour of the 23 local government areas of the state.
Chairman of RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), disclosed this while addressing a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt, recently.
Justice Enebeli said the Commission will undertake the familiarisation/sensitisation tour, traversing the nooks and crannies of the various local government areas to meet the people at their doorsteps.
He said the tour of the local government areas will not only afford the Commission the opportunity to enlighten the voting public but also provide it with first hand knowledge of the peculiar terrain of the Commission’s operational environment, adding that the knowledge gained would be factored into logistics planning for the election.
“The substance of the meetings will be to inform, enlighten and educate the people of Rivers State on their civic rights, that election into local government councils will hold this 2024 and to encourage them to come out en mass to exercise their franchise in a most peaceful and orderly manner, devoid of ill will, rancour and/or violence”, he said.
Justice Enebeli also said the Commission was determined, this time around, to ensure that votes count.
In his words: “We would, with utmost sincerity, continue to assure the people that their votes will count and that winners will be determined by the majority of lawful votes cast.”
He said the vested interests in the election informed the decision by RSIEC to integrate the representatives of the various stakeholders at the meeting and take them seriously in the project.
Justice Enebeli appealed to stakeholders to show commitment towards constructive engagement aimed at collective progress and the advancement of a common desire for a free, credible, satisfactory and acceptable local government elections.

John Bibor