Gombe State Deputy Governor, Dr. Daniel Manasseh Jatau, says, the State Government conducted the Saturday December 19th Local Council Polls in obedience to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that no council under any caretaker committee should be given it’s grants.

The Deputy Governor stated this shortly after casting his vote in his Burma 06 polling unit of Kulani/Degri/Sikam ward of Balanga Local Government Area of the State.

According to him, the election was as a result of the democratic process that is emphasized and reemphasized by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said, “You will recall that Mr. President has said that if there is any caretaker committee in place in any Local Government Area, they should not be given their grants”.

He explained that, the Government conducted the election in line with democratic tenets adding that the process was so far peaceful from his point of view.

In the mean time, there was low turn out of people for the polls as people concentrated on their businesses in most parts of the State visited by our correspondent.

Newsmen gathered that the State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, had also cast his vote at the Yahaya Umaru 010 polling unit in Jekadafari ward of Gombe Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after performing his civic duty, the Governor called on the people to remain calm and resolute while awaiting the outcome of the election saying, “the will of the people will be respected”.

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