PRESS RELEASE
16TH June, 2003

JUNE 21, 2003, DATE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN DELTA STATE POSTPONED

The June 21, 2003 date earlier fixed for the conduct of the local government general elections in Delta State has been postponed.

The Chairman of Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Hon. Justice James Omo-Agege, disclosed this in an interview granted the press today in Asaba in his office.

Justice Omo Agege said that the election date is being shifted for reason of logistics, adding that as soon as the logistics are in place, another date will be announced to the public.

Justice Omo Agege told the Press that each State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) has the constitutional right to fix a date to conduct election in its State, and that the earlier date of June 21st, was agreed upon by the various SIECs and announced in a communiqué issued at the meeting of FOSIECON on the 4th of June, 2003.

(A.O. Tebekaemi)
Director of Public Affairs