- Recieves Updated Voter Register From INEC
By Kolawole Ojebisi
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has signalled its readiness to go ahead with the local government elections scheduled for August 9, 2025.
The commission noted that it has received the updated voters register for the state from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of the preparation for the exercise.
RSIEC said it has also secured the list of registered political parties in Nigeria from INEC.
The RSIEC Commissioner in charge of Media and Civic Education, Tamunótonye Tobins, disclosed this in a statement released in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Tobins said the two documents were released to the state electoral body on March 13, 2023. To this end, he said all is now set for the election while assuring the people of the state of the commission’s resolve to conduct a free and fair poll.
The statement reads, “The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission is pleased to inform all stakeholders, political parties and the well-meaning citizens of the State that as part of ongoing preparations for the forthcoming Local Government Council Elections, the Commission has secured from the INEC Headquarters the updated Register of Voters for Rivers State together with the current list of Registered Political Parties in Nigeria.
“These two important documents were released to RSIEC today (March 13, 2025).
“The Chairman and Members of the Commission hereby reassures the good people of Rivers State of the Commission’s resolve to conduct a credible, free and fair elections come Saturday, August 9, 2025.”
Recall that one of the reasons the Supreme Court gave for nullifying the last LG poll conducted in 2024 was that the INEC said it didn’t release the updated voter registration for the state to RSIEC.
