The Kano State Government has declared that local government elections will hold as scheduled on Saturday, October 26, despite a recent Federal High Court ruling sacking the state’s independent electoral commission’s chairman and its members.
Gov Yusuf made the assertion while presenting NNPP flags to the 44 chairmanship and councilorship candidates at the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening.
He said, “At this moment, the state will not allow anybody to destabilize the existing peace being enjoyed by the citizenry.”
The governor noted the state government and Kano State Independent Electoral Commission have all the constitutional backing to hold the election.
He said: “We have satisfied all the conditions laid down by the law and we have completed all necessary preparations for the conduct of the elections on Saturday, as such, the polls must take place as planned.”
He stressed that the state government is ready to swear in the candidates declared winners by the electoral body.
He assured that the party would win all the positions of 44 chairmen as well as 484 councillors, considering the massive support it is enjoying from the people in the state.
