Kogiflame
The Chairman, Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) Mr Mamman Nda-Eri on Wednesday, released the statistics/summary results of the Oct. 19 Local Government Election in the State
Nda-Eri, who made the declaration during the official presentation of the summary results of the election at the Commission’s Headquarters in Lokoja, said that the delay was not deliberate.
“The commission was constraint by lots of names misspellings, which needed to be put right before we go on with typing for clarity and transparency.
“As you are aware most of these elections results do come hand written and with lots of spelling errors due to our diversities in tribes.
“But my distinguished members of the public, including Civil Society Organizations and the Press, I am delighted to present the summary of the results of last Saturday’s Local Government Election to you today.
“We will outline the results across the various LGAs, highlighting voter turnout party performance and the elected officials, who will assume leadership roles in the 21 councils.”
“This is because the election represents a vital part of our democratic process, empowering the local governments to function efficiently and effectively with leaders chosen by the people to represent their voices at the grassroots level, ” he said.
The chairman explained that the summary results contained details of who scored what among the contestants, for Chairmanship and Councillorship, within the 19 participating Political Parties in the state.
According to him, by the statistics, you can who scored what to win or loose the keenly contested election of Oct. 19.
He said:”we appreciate the participation of all stakeholders, including the voters, candidates, electoral officials, security operatives, the media and Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), whose efforts helped ensured a peaceful and transparent electoral process.”
