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Oshiomhole declares two-day public holiday for Edo polls
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has announced public holidays for September 27 and 28 for the conduct of the governorship election in the state.
The election will hold on Wednesday September 28, after it was postponed from holding on September 10 at the warning of Nigerian Police Force and Department of State Service (DSS), on security threat by those they referred to as “extremists” and “insurgents”.
Oshiomhole declared the Holidays on Saturday evening at an event organised in his honour by Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in Benin City.
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According to the governor, the holidays will afford the electorate the opportunity to relocate to their respective areas of registration, adding that it would also give room for the voters to exercise their constitutional rights.
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