Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will today, Sunday, 6 October 2024, swear in the newly elected council chairmen at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, the state capital, at 4 pm.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, dated 6 Octogber 2024, and made available to newsmen.
According to the statement, the newly elected chairmen, along with one guest each, are expected to be seated by 3:30 pm.
The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), declared 22 chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party as winners of the 5 October 2024 local government elections in the state.
He declared the results in Port Harcourt on Saturday, saying that the candidates, after the collation of results, scored a majority of valid votes cast in two-thirds of their respective wards in the 22 local governments.
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Enebeli, who is also the Chief Electoral Commissioner for the election, added that the result of the chairmanship position for Etche LG was stood down by the commission because of its expansive landscape with 19 wards, which slowed down the collation process.
