DESIEC creates 34 new electoral wards fixes local govt election for March 6

Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, (DSIEC), has created 34 new electoral wards, bringing the total number of wards in the state to 500 and fixed March 6, 2021 for Delta local government election.

Chairman of the DSIEC, Chief Mike Ogbodu, announced the creation of the new wards and the state local government election date of March 6, 2021 at a meeting with political parties and stakeholders in Asaba.

Chairman of the Commission said pre-election activities would commence immediately with party primaries scheduled to hold from December 7 to 31.

In his words “The purpose of this meeting is to publicly make known, the date fixed by the Commission for the conduct of the 2021 Local Government general election, issue election guidelines and timetable, as well as the schedule of activities for the conduct of the election.

“Going by this public notice, therefore, pre-election activities will commence immediately as we are poised to beef up our preparedness capabilities by the day.

“We will further use this platform to urge our esteemed stakeholders, including the various registered political parties in the state, their leaders and teeming supporters, the media, market women, NGOs and CSOs, security agencies and the electorate to give us the much-needed support as we embark on the journey of delivering a free, fair, credible and generally-accepted election come March 6, 2021.”