Eligible voters in Anambra State will today elect their local government executives for the first time in 11 years.
The last local government election in the state took place in 2013 at the twilight of the administration of former Governor Peter Obi. Since then, successive administrations, particularly under Willie Obiano, opted to manage local councils through caretaker committees.
The incumbent Governor Charles Soludo also continued with this tradition since assuming office in 2022 until a recent Supreme Court decision outlawed the practice of running local governments with un-elected officials.
The governor recently announced that eight political parties would be participating in the election. However, Tony Nnalue, Commissioner for Information and Logistics at the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC), stated that he did not have a clear figure on the number of parties involved.