He pointed out that based on the NSCDC personnel’s orientation and contributions through the various town hall meetings and stakeholders programme organized at different fora for the purpose of peaceful conduct of the elections, they are better placed to achieve the task of being agents of positive change
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“Again, until it is concluded, we cannot believe speculative conclusions
The INEC chairman expressed further confidence that in the states, INEC would be able to get full result within 24 hours
In order to avoid a repeat of the 2011 elections where results declared at Collation Centres were at variance with those at Polling Units, Jega said party agents could accompany INEC officials from the Polling Units to the Collation Centre
The closure was announced by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, in statement he issued in Abuja
The government is said to be totally against handing over to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, whom most of the opinion polls favour to emerge victorious
The Inspector-General of Police is insisting on his earlier directive to eligible voters to leave the polling units after casting their votes or risk being charged for loitering at the polling stations in accordance with the Electoral Act, but party leaders contended that there was no such law in existence
The INEC chairman stated this during an interactive session with the Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 60 civil society organisations
About 120 support groups loyal to the former vice president, it would be recalled, on Tuesday formally defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
The party based its confidence on what it described as “the soaring nationwide acceptability of President Goodluck Jonathan and its other candidates ahead of the polls”
The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fami-Kayode, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said this was more important to Nigerians than the issues that have been raised as a consequence of Morocco’s withdrawal of their Ambassador from Nigeria
Jega stated this during a meeting with members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Abuja
This was contained in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
Jega’s assurance on Wednesday came on a day some youths, under the aegis of the Middle Belt Concerned Youths, staged a peaceful protest at the headquarters of INEC in Abuja against the use of Permanent Voter Cards and the Card Readers for the elections
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, made the declaration in a statement in Abuja
The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode made the call in a statement in Abuja
The party declared that it remains resolute as one united family
The PDP said less than 10,000 people attended the one million man march
The multi-billion dollar facility, located on Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, was inaugurated on Saturday to provide one stop shopping convenience to prospective customers in Nigeria
The party pointed out that the fall-out from the test has vindicated earlier widespread calls by stakeholders that the card readers should be thoroughly tested to ascertain their workability for free, fair and credible elections before being deployed for the actual polls