By Jonathan Ugbal
The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC has rescheduled the 2023 council polls earlier scheduled for May 2023.
The elections will now hold on October 21, 2023 instead of the May 24, 2023 which was announced on July 20, 2022.
“The reschedule is due to budgetary concerns as the approved 2023 Local Government Council elections is captured in the 2023 appropriation with no supplementary provision in the 2022 budget,” read a statement issued by CROSIEC Chairman, Associate Professor Mike Ushie on Tuesday.
The commission said the action was in line with Section 24 (2) of the Electoral Act 2022 as amended. Also, political parties are to sign and collect the rescheduled timetable at its headquarters in Calabar and said that the guidelines remain unchanged.
This means the 18 Local Government Areas will have some caretaker committees in place after the current Chairmen and Chairpersons tenure elapse on the midnight of June 1, 2023.
See the full statement below.
