By Busari Kabirat
The recently concluded local government election conducted in Kano, had all been won by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The ruling party NNPP won all the 44 local government chairman positions and 484 councilors’ seats in the state.
Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi, the chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSAIC), had during the announcement of the winners made known that six political parties participated in the just concluded election and the parties involved are AA, AAC, Accord, ADC, APM, and NNPP respectively.
He claimed that the commission had exercised and observed its constitutional mandates of planning, organising, coordinating, observing and conducting local government elections in Kano State of Nigeria.
He said, “The exercise had been largely peaceful and successful in all ramifications. The Commission therefore deeply appreciates the roles played by the critical stakeholders, notably security agencies, media organizations, leaders of political parties, civil society organisations, religious leaders, community leaders, youth and women organisations, towards the actualization of grassroot democracy in the state.
“The Commission is also profoundly grateful to the good people of Kano State for their collective support, prayers and expression of positive emotions.”
The peaceful conduct of the exercise is a manifestation of public acceptability of the exercise in terms of credibility, fairness and decency, he added.
