Northeast Borno first female LG Chair emerges
By Babagana Jidda
Kanempress News
22th January 2024
Hajiya Inna Galadima of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the chairman-elect of Jere Local Government Area, Borno state.
According to Kanempress, Borno state had its first female LG chairperson in the person of Fanta Baba Shehu, but she was elected as a vice chairman under the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) and later succeeded her chairman after he died.
Galadima was declared the winner of the election by the Returning Officer of Jere LGA, Professor Mohammed Konto, having scored 110,459 votes to defeat her closest rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which polled 2,478 votes.
She was a commissioner and special adviser at different times in Borno state.
Similarly, the APC has won all the chairmanship seats across the 27 local government areas in the council elections held on Saturday.
The party won all the councillorship seats in the 312 wards of the state.
Announcing the results in Maiduguri on Sunday, the Executive Chairman of Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Lawan Maina, said the election was free, fair and conducted peacefully.
“The certificate presentation would be made at a later date, which would be announced very soon”.
Earlier, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum said he would give the electorate freedom to vote for honest and qualitative leaders to improve their lives.
The election, which the ruling APC swept was contested by six political parties, comprising the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP) and Allied People’s Movement (APM).
However, the opposition PDP had before the election criticised the electoral body, saying they lack the capacity to conduct free, fair and credible elections.
In a related development, the Deputy National Chairman of APC, Ali Bukar Dalori, called on politicians holding elective positions to invest in people.
Dolari, while speaking with Kanempress before casting his vote at the local government election in Maiduguri on Saturday, advised that, if elected, the officeholders must operate an open-door policy to guarantee the APC’s victory at the 2027 polls.
“Therefore, elective office holders, especially from the grassroots must serve with dedication to ensure that whatever population of the electorate they control does not abandon them,” he said.
