Ahead of Saturday’s re-run elections in the state, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Thursday and Friday as work-free days to enable workers fully participate in the polls.
In a state-wide broadcast on Wednesday, Wike said the work-free days would enable workers in the private and public sectors to fully participate in the re-run polls.
The governor also stated that he believes the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would conduct free, fair and credible re-run elections from the assurances he received from INEC.
Wike said : ” I hereby declare Thursday March17th and Friday March 18th 2016 as work free days in Rivers State to enable workers from the public and private sectors fully participate in the re-run elections and exercise their franchise.
Consequently, all public and private offices, including banks must remain closed for the duration of the holidays.”He stated that security agencies have definite instructions to enforce the restrictions on human and vehicular movements on election day.
The governor directed the security agencies to : “arrest any person or group of persons, including government vehicles, that violate this order and or attempt to act in any way to undermine the peaceful conduct of the re-run elections in the State.
“While urging the people of the state to turn out in their numbers to participate in the elections, Wike noted that he had been assured by the armed forces that they would not deviate from their constitutional role of safeguarding law and order before, during and after the elections.
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