Low Turnout Mars Borno LG Elections, As Zulum Vows To improve LG Elections

low turnout mars Borno LG elections, as Zulum vows to improve LG elections

By Madu Mohammed, Maidugurii

There was low turn out as Borno had chairmanship and councilorship elections organized by the Borno state Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) was held peacefully in Borno state despite the low turn out in some parts of the state and Maiduguri the state capital and local government areas.

While monitoring the conduct of the election, the Chairman, BOSIEC, Alhaji Lawan Mahmoud assured all political parties of level playing ground, as the commission is committed to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

“I have taken oath to conduct free, fair and credible elections.I am assuring all candidates of free,fair and credible elections. I am satisfied with the arrival of naterials and commencement of the election. So far we have not received complain of any challenges”, Mahmoud said.

The Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, who casted his vote at Ajari II polling unit 006 in Mafa Ward, headquarters of the local government vowed to enhance the electoral process at the local government level.

“I have seen the turnout, it is encouraging, but we shall continue to improve on this. The State Independent Electoral Commission’s performance needs to be enhanced,” Zulum said.

Governor Zulum further said, “elections at the local government level have not been consistent and are not been conducted at the due time. This has to be corrected, henceforth, we shall ensure that elections at the local government level are done as and when due. The quality of the election will also be improved.

“Our electoral process has to be enhanced, the process has to be modest and then we need honest people to contest for elections and we also want voters that can tell the difference, voters that can choose the best without sentiments,” the governor added.

Speaking in an interview shortly after casting his vote at the Dalori I primary school polling unit.001 the Deputy National Vice Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Ali Dalori said ” by the Grace of God we are going to win all the chairmanship and councilorship election but any party that wins we are not going to deny them.. Due to the performance of Governor Babagana Zulum we are optimistic of wining all the positions in the election. Borno has always been an APC state.”

“I want to use this opportunity to thank Borno people for having confident in the APC. I also want to urged the chairmen that will emerge today to always be with their people at the local government headquarters and listen to their problems with a view to solving them”, added.

Also, the Senator, presenting Borno central, Senator Kakashehu Lawan said ” we are satisfied with the level of turnout of the people. You now Borno is an home of APC and by the Grace of Allah we’re going clinch all the 27 local government chairmanship seats and 312 councilorship seat, as well the 5,071 units in the state.”

He thanked the electorates for coming out en-mass to cast their votes and assured them that all the elected chairmen and councillors of the party will not let them down.

On his part, the member representing Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) Federal Constituency at the National Assembly Hon. Abdulkadir Rahis commended the people for voting the APC”.

He said he was not surprised by the turnout, as he knows that due to harmattan, people will not come out early but certainly before noon they come out to cast their votes.

Daily Hint correspondent who went round the Metropolis reports that there was totally voter apparthy in most parts of the state, while massive turnout in few place and some villages in Konduga, Here in local government areas.