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The newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State have been sworn in by Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The exercise was held on Sunday at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after the chairmen were issued certificates of return by the Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Adolphus Enebeli.
After an exercise amid heightened tension on Saturday, the Action Peoples Party won 22 out of 23 chairmanship positions, while the Action Alliance candidate won one seat.
Addressing the new chairmen at the swearing-in ceremony, Fubara urged them to emulate his approach to governance and to be patient and calculative.
The governor said there are plans to perpetrate violence against the elected officials when they resume their duties on Monday.
Fubara, however, admonished the chairmen to see their election as an opportunity to work for the people at the grassroots level.
Source: Swifteradio.com