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Amended Cross River Electoral Law stipulates 4-year tenure for elected LG officials

by Kingsley Agim
19 September 2024
in Politics
Bassey Otu and Elvert Ayambem Amended Cross River Electoral Law stipulates 4-year tenure for elected LG officials

Governor Bassey Otu has granted assent to the amended Cross River Electoral Law passed by the State House of Assembly, which stipulates a four-year term for election Local Government officials.

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

Signing the amended Law, Governor Otu stated: “Let me thank Mr 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.

“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’ve done a good job and I know that Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), as they are going, they are going to announce the date for the election and people will be ready; so that we will follow the rules of the game,” adding that, “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 Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, told newsmen that “What we have done today is in line with the Supreme Court judgment that was passed ab initio, 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 election.

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

Speaker Ayambem said one of the most cardinal points tackled in the amended Law was the review of the tenure of office of chairmen and councillors from three to four years on par with their elected officials at the state and federal levels.

“As the Supreme Court judgment rightly had outlined that the third tier government should enjoy the same status with that of the executive, the status of a governor and the status of a president where they have a 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 align 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 aligning strictly with what the Supreme Court has outlined,” the Speaker added.

Rt. Hon. Ayambem reiterated the State Government’s stance on holding local government elections before the end of the year 2024.

READ ALSO: Motorcycle Operators Union inaugurates new excos in Cross River

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