THE Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has invited stakeholders for a meeting in preparation for local council election.
Enebeli, in a statement in Port Harcourt, listed the stakeholders to include leaders of political parties, traditional rulers, security agencies, religious groups, the media, professional organisations, civil society groups, non-governmental organisations, community-based groups and the electorate.
The meeting is scheduled to hold on Monday, July 1, at the RSIEC headquarters.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had earlier assured the people of the state that the processes to conduct council elections had commenced, promising that the tenure of the caretaker committee chairmen of the 23 councils would not be long.
It is expected that commencement of the election processes would douse tension generated by the expiration of the tenures of the former local government leaders on June 17, who had earlier vowed to remain in office until their successors were elected.
