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Birnin Kebbi, Nov. 2, 2016 (NAN) Some officials of Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KSIEC) are to understudy the conduct of local government elections in four states in North west, the commission Chairman, AlhajiAliyu Mera, has said.
Mera told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that the states to be visited include Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara and Niger.
He said that the measure would go a long way to enable the officials to understudy how the four states had successfully conducted their local government elections.
The chairman said that the four states recently conducted local council elections, which were acclaimed free and fair, “hence our resolve to emulate them’’.
Mera said that no specific date had yet been fixed for the council polls, but the commission was working round the clock to ensure peaceful conduct of the elections.
NAN reports that Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi had recently inaugurated members of the electoral body and directed them to hasten the conduct of elections into the 21 local councils. (NAN)
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Edited by Bayo Sekoni/Morayo Omolade