Justifying this position, Justice Bello pointed out that cases by aggrieved party members are thrown out of court on grounds that they have not exhausted internal remedies provided by the constitution of political parties
Browsing: Attahiru Jega
“You will recall that the Commission monitored the National Convention and Special National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party held on 24th March, 2012 and 31st August, 2013 respectively at Eagle Square, Abuja after notices to the Commission. A National Working Committee was elected at the two conventions with Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman
INEC said it reached the decision on listing both candidates based on the position of the courts on the legal cases instituted on the parties to the dispute for the tickets
The 17-member observer mission, which is being led by former Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, arrived in the island country on August 31 and will depart on September 14, 2013
Jega said that all structures are being laid to effectively monitor campaign expenditure by candidates and political parties as the 2015 general election approaches
Ada said the equipment was designed to record the total number of people that are accredited and the total votes cast at each polling unit during elections
INEC has unwittingly let itself be caught in the web of the internecine political crossfire between the PDP and APGA
“INEC on Thursday, July 18, 2013, met with national and Anambra State
leaders of registered political parties to brief them on preparations
towards the governorship election. The meeting provided an opportunity to give the stakeholders up-to-date information on the data of voters for Anambra State, the status and spread of the polling units, and the action plan for voter verification and CVR leading up to the governorship election
Jega said: “Our preparations for the elections include doing continuous voters’ registration from August 19 to August 25 in order to update the register as required by law before the elections
According to the statement, the shift in the date is to allow the political parties to comply with Section 87(1) of the Electoral Act 2010, as amended
The statement, signed by Kayode Robert Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, also listed the areas where the commission had to stop the election
He said the commission had taken delivery of the latest technology that would be used to eliminate multiple voting and registration by 2015
The statement by Udeogaranya reads: “The non-release of Ananmbra State gubernatorial election timetable amounts to political negligence and playing waiting game in order to accommodate some political interests before going public with the Anambra State gubernatorial election timetable
According to a statement on Sunday by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, the commencement of campaign in violation of the electoral law was capable of heating up the polity
NAN recalls that in 2012, the Federal Executive Council approved N2.6 billion for the printing of first batch of 40 million cards out of the 75 million permanent voters’ cards needed in the country for general elections
It is therefore with great pleasure and honour that I, on behalf of the Commission, welcome His Excellency the Senate President, the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on INEC, Chairman and Deputy Chairman House Committee on Electoral Matters, our international experts on delimitation, and specialists from the academia and other collaborating agencies, to this Retreat
The Action Congress of Nigeria, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance and the Congress for Progressive Change are in the process of merging to form the APC
Why then did INEC through its spokesperson gleefully go to the media to proclaim that another political association has applied to be registered as African Peoples Congress using the same acronym APC? Clearly INEC is on a mission of mischief and its paymaster is PDP who has been having sleepless nights since the merger arrangement was announced