Some residents in Lagos on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing local government election, because the restriction of movement came as a surprise to most of them.
Some of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they were of the opinion that the election had been postponed, others had no knowledge of the election at all.
NAN reports that the state had slated July 24, as date for the Local Government polls, to elect councilors and chairmen for the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in the state.
The state had on July 22, declared that movement would be restricted throughout the state between 8 a.m and 3 p.m on Saturday July 24.
On Saturday, some of the residents, who came out to vote expressed mixed feelings on the election, claiming that, there was insufficient public awareness.
A resident of Oto Awori LCDA, Mr Anayo Nebonta, told NAN that he only “got wind” of the election this morning on his way to his business.
According to him, in the past when such elections were held, it was given wide publicity for every eligible voter to be aware, to come out and exercise their rights.
He, however, expressed dissatisfaction on what he described as “poor publicity” of the ongoing process and urged that it be made better in the future.
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