- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence in the conduct of the Saturday’s election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, and Rivers states.
Tinubu assured that the election will reflect the will of the people as he vowed of his administration’s continued support of free, fair, and credible elections.
The President made this known in a statement issued on Friday.
He commended residents of the states for the civic consciousness as he reiterated his confidence in the conduct of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Fellow Nigerians, I assure you that the Federal Government under my administration will continue to support institutions responsible for delivering free, fair, and credible elections.
“To all residents of the FCT, Kano and Rivers, I commend your civic consciousness. I am confident that these elections will reflect the will of the people and further strengthen our democratic journey as a nation.” Tinubu said.
NPO Reported that the INEC had scheduled Saturday, February 21st, for the conduct of the FCT’s Area Council Election.
The election will be conducted across the 2,822 polling units in the six area councils of the FCT with 1,680,315 registered voters.
Also slated to hold tomorrow are Kano and Rivers states’ Bye-elections.
In Rivers State, bye-elections will hold in the Ahoada East II and Khana II constituencies to fill vacancies arising from the resignation and death of sitting legislators.
On the other hand, elections will take place in Kano Municipal, with 330,228 voters across 630 polling units, and Ungogo constituency, with 205,418 voters across 384 polling units, following the deaths of two members of the Kano State House of Assembly.