Lawmakers approve Otu’s request to dissolve CROSIEC
The Cross River House of Assembly has granted Governor Bassey Otu’s request to dissolve the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC).
At the house’s sitting on Thursday in Calabar, 22 of 25 legislators voted in favour of the governor’s request.
Some lawmakers who spoke on the matter said the assembly’s decision was in Cross River’s interest. They said reconstituting the election body would hasten the process of conducting local government council polls in the state.
On July 16, Mr Otu, in a letter by the secretary to the state government, Anthony Owan-Enoh, requested the house to approve the dissolution of CROSIEC.
The governor also urged the house to approve the reconstitution of the body to facilitate the conduct of local government council elections in the state.
In the letter, Mr Otu alleged that the current CROSIEC was grossly ineffective and could not conduct council elections since 2023.
(NAN)
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