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Otu endorses amended electoral law making councils' tenure four years

POSTED ON September 20, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey •   VIEWS 62
The Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu / Photo credit: State House

The Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has granted assent to the amended Electoral Law passes by the State House of Assembly.

The law stipulated four-year tenure for elected Local Government officials.

While signing the amended Law in Calabar, the governor stated that, “I thank the Speaker and members of the House of Assembly, and of course, our own Electoral Commission for making sure that we have an up-to-date act that is ready to put the third tier of government into office.”

The amendment became pertinent following the Supreme Court’s verdict granting autonomy to the local government as well as ensuring that states of the federation ensure local administrations are headed by elected officials in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.

“Local government is very important. That is the government that is closer to the people than any other government that we have in the Federation.

“I want to appreciate the fact that you have done a good job and I know that Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), will soon announce the date for the election and people will be ready; so that we will follow the rules of the game.

 

“We want this particular segment of our government to be active so that the dividends of democracy will trickle right down to the downtrodden and the people who need it most,” the governor added.

Explaining further about the amendment, Elbert Ayambem, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, told newsmen that “what we have done today is in line with the Supreme Court judgment that was passed abinitio, and the Otu-led government being a proactive one, decided that the third tier government must come up almost immediately.”

“For some time, we have not had the opportunity of having substantive chairmen in their right places of authority. And the governor thought it wise that we need to come up with the conduct of local government elections.

“And the House of Assembly looked at the CROSIEC laws and realized that there were some grey areas that needed urgent attention. And those grey areas are the areas that have been largely attended to.”

Ayambem further that one of the fulcrum of the amended Law was the review of the tenure of the office of chairmen and councillors from three to four years with their elected officials at the state and federal levels.

“As the Supreme Court judgment rightly had outlined the third tier government should enjoy the same status as that of the executive, the status of a governor and the status of a president where they have tenure of four years in office and not three years at it were. So we looked at it in consonance with the Supreme Court judgment.

“All that we have done is aligning strictly with what the Supreme Court has outlined. So we looked at it in consonance with the Supreme Court judgment all that we have done is align strictly with what the Supreme Court has outlined,” the Speaker said.

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