Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has announced public holidays for 27th and 28th September for the conduct of the governorship election in the state.
The election will hold on Wednesday 28th September, 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.
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.
