Wike Ban Use Of Residential Areas For Campaign Offices
Category: Nigeria News
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has signed an Executive Order 22,
banning political parties from the use of buildings in residential areas as
campaign offices without approval.
According to the Order, such
approval must come from the Rivers State Commissioner for Urban and Physical
Planning.
The order, which the governor said would back the
enforcement of Rivers State Outdoor Signage and Advertisement Law (RISAA),
also banned the posting of bills or posters or any other material in
unauthorized places.
Speaking while signing the Executive Order 22
in Port Harcourt, Wike condemned the incessant defacement of expensive public
properties particularly in Port Harcourt through indiscriminate posting of
handbills, banners, posters and all sorts of unauthorized materials.
The Order reads: “Executive Order RVSG – 22 prohibits the use of
premises, buildings and structures in residential areas in urban and non-urban
areas as campaign offices by political parties without approval.
“The Order also prohibits the posting of bills or posters or any
other material in unauthorized places.
“Any political party or
association or body of persons however called or described that wishes to use
any premises, building or structure situate in a residential area in any urban
area of Rivers State as campaign office must obtain permission from the Rivers
State Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning.”
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