Delta Council Elections: State Bureau Commends Political Parties On Peaceful Campaigns ...Says Voters apathy, violence not foreseeable on July 13
Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, has commended political parties and their candidates for ensuring peaceful and issues based campaigns, saying that voters apathy and violence on election day is not foreseeable in the state. The Chief Executive Officer of the State Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, gave the commendation while speaking to newsmen on Sunday, emphasizing the need for leaders, stakeholders and their multifaceted political structures to sustain the tempo of civilized politicking. He said focus and resources should consistently be targeted at marketing and projecting the potentials, and manifestos of their chairmanship and Councillorship candidates, devoid of name calling, defamatory statements and provocative innuendos, adding that in so doing our democracy shall be sustained and developed. Oghenesivbe assured that the state Orientation and Communications Bureau will intensify sensitization campaigns through the mass media and ot...