The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the assurance, adding that the Commission had reached a comfort level to boldly say the forthcoming general election will be free, fair, credible and transparent and will be of far higher standard than what was achieved in 2011
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The group made this known in a press statement signed by the Chairman, Lagos State CNPP, Hon. Akionla Obadia, following an assessment of the distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards in 11 local government areas in the states
“I will advice people, particularly politicians and political parties, to adhere strictly to that timetable
The INEC Chairman said this on Monday in Abuja when he played host the Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany, Dr. Frank-Walter Seinmeier, and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, in his office in Abuja
“I am yet to see the court order but I still believe that the right thing to do under the circumstances is not to proceed with this meeting until we get a sufficient clarification
The bulletin quoted INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as saying this when he received the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Zenner, during a visit
States involved in the second phase of the CVR, which commenced on August 20, are Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Anambra, Ebonyi, Ondo, Oyo Delta and Cross River
The Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said this during public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on a bill to amend the Electoral Act 2010
“We have paid a lot of attention to the training of our staff and ad hoc staff to use and we will protect members of the National Youth Service Corps we normally use
Jega restated this at the opening of a two-day workshop for electoral officers in Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Ebonyi, Delta, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, FCT, Jigawa, Yobe and Sokoto States in Calabar, Cross River State on Friday
He said that the commission had not met to decide on the conduct of gubernatorial election in the state since it had not been served any notice of vacancy in the Adamawa State Government House
Jega is also expected to explain the modalities for the distribution of the cards in all other states of the federation before the 2015 elections
The statement was issued in reaction to stories in a section of the media (not The Eagle Online), that Akeju had been removed by INEC
Jega said no effort would be spared to make the Osun State election, scheduled for August 9, 2014, more qualitative in all aspects than the June 21 Ekiti State election, which has been widely acclaimed as the best so far by the Commission
Pai said Jega will be accompanied by six other National Commissioners and supported by all the Resident Electoral Commissioners in the neighbouring states of Ekiti
Speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat of the National Inter-Agency Advisory Committee on Voter Education and Publicity, Jega said this was in spite of the enormous resources to voter and civic education being committed by the commission and other bodies
The bulletin quoted Prof. Attahiru Jega, the INEC Chairman, as expressing the optimism when Dr. Serah Sewall, the US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, led a delegation to the commission
“Hopefully, as we move along in our political history and as time goes, perhaps with your committee inputs, we may have subsequent amendment to the legislation that may take us there.
Jega said this at the opening ceremony of the INEC/State Independent Electoral Commissions Experience Sharing Conference, organised by United Nations Development Programme in Kaduna
Jega made the disclosure in Abuja at a media session organised by INEC and the United Nations Democratic Programme’s Democratic Governance for Democracy project