By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi
The Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC) has announced new date it hopes to conduct local government chairmen and councilors election.
Executive Chairman of BASIEC, Ahmad Makama, in a statement made available to journalists, said the initial plan to hold the elections on August 10 this year was no linger feasible due some reasons, which he did not disclose.
He however said the elections will now take place on Saturday, August 17, 2024.
It would be recalled that Bauchi State conducted local government elections in October, 2020 where the rulling party in the state, PDP, won all chairmen and councilorship seats.
Since then, all the 20 local government chairmen and deputies in Bauchi were being appointed as caretaking committee chairmen at different intervals. Currently, all the crop of chairmen and deputies were appointed by Governor Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad of the state.
Makama called on political parties and other stakeholders to note the new adjustment and tidy internal mechanisms for the new date. END