{"id":303967,"date":"2024-01-02T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=303967"},"modified":"2024-01-02T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:54:04","slug":"nasarawa-govt-fixes-date-for-lg-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/02\/nasarawa-govt-fixes-date-for-lg-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasarawa govt fixes date for LG poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The current chairmen and councillors were elected on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, and were inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, for a three-year tenure that would end on Oct. 7<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Nasarawa State government says it plans to conduct an election for chairmen and councillors of the 13 local government councils in the state on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ayuba Wandai, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), said this at a stakeholders\u2019 meeting with 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