It might be recalled that the May 5, 1998, local government elections broke the military domination and ushered in democratic governance in Nigeria. On July 24 of this year, the country again conducted nationwide local government chairmanship elections.
The African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives (AFPLI) has always advocated for free, fair, and peaceful conduct of elections in Nigeria. We wish the successfully elected incoming local government chairmen and chairwomen a fruitful tenure in office, irrespective of their political party, religion, creed, or ideological affiliations. We would now like to focus the message of this article on what matters.
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