Emmanuel Idakwo, the Head of INEC office in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Karu, gave this hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
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Onukogu said the centres had become necessary in order to ensure that all registered voters in the state were not disenfranchised in the February elections
The dismissed officers are: Collins Omofoma, a Level 9 officer, and Onome Avbunudiogba, a Level 7 officer
Akin Orebiyi, the state’s new Resident Electoral Commissioner spoke during his inaugural press conference at the commission’s office in Lagos
The commission’s Head of Operations in the state, Michael Odey, gave the information in Uyo on Tuesday when he addressed a conference on peaceful elections organised for traditional rulers in the state
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barito Kphagih, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who made this known in Abuja on Monday at a “Katampe Hill Policy Forum”, organized by the African Policy Research Institute, listed the states as Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 20 of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) provides that the register of voters for an election shall be published at least 30 days before the election
Sa’ad, however, said the exercise would be limited to Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas due to the prevailing security challenges in the state
Before now, the distribution was done at the local government offices of the Commission since the end of distribution at the polling unit level
“Section 20 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that the register of voters for n election shall be published at least 30 days before the elections that will take place on February 14 and 28, 2015
Idowu said: “When the commission was taking that decision, it never even occurred to the leaders of the commission that it was Valentine’s Day
The disclosure came on the heels of President Goodluck Jonathan’s directive to the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to ensure that all eligible voters get their PVCs to enable them vote in the February general election
Jonathan gave the order when he swore in the new Commissioner representing Oyo State at INEC, Prof. Akinola Salau, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja
Although Folami did not disclose when the materials arrived in the state and where they were being kept, he said that the commission was ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections in the country
Otti’s name was inexplicably left out of INEC’s final list on Tuesday, as the electoral body dispatched its names of eligible aspirants for different elective positions across the country
The APC, according to the DSS, intended to do this by hacking into the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission and also the use of some security operatives, who have already registered, as members of the party
The NGE, however, said what is most paramount now will be the handling of the upcoming general elections by INEC as the focus of the rest of the world is on Nigeria.
It equally assured Nigerians that elections will be held in the North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa “if the coast is clear
I had toyed with the idea of writing this now, but waiting until after the aftermath of the upcoming general elections to publish it as a post mortem of the elections