He said that the card would replace the temporary voter card issued during the 2011 general election
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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
Briefing correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State said the Council agreed that the states would buy the machines, but requested that INEC should give them a “discount of 25 per cent for the old machines and 10 per cent for the new ones
Arguing for his position, Okonkwo said by delisting the party, the commission had challenged the jurisdiction of the court in a case pending before it in which NAP was a party at the time of the delisting
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
According to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who briefed correspondents after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told Council that the “idea of having a national ID card and then having separate voters cards will simply be duplication and waste of resources
Specifically, INEC said APC was yet to provide it with the names and addresses of its national officers as stipulated in the conditions for registration
Nkire, who was reacting a reliable information that a group of people led by one Ken Gbalikhuma visited Onu on behalf of the PPA, said he would be surprised if there was any national chairman of a political in Nigeria who does not know who the national chairman of PPA was
The drivers and facilitators of this merger are well known Nigerians with infinite capacity to hold their own anytime, anywhere, any day. We wonder where the scammers that suddenly realized the power of the name we have chosen come from and where they are doing their politics if not in the briefcases of PDP chieftains
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
The two leaders spoke when Evah visited Fasehun in commemoration of the birthday of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Justice Okon Abang said INEC must regulate the activities of political parties in order to ensure they meet the expectations of Nigerians
Secretary of the Commission, Abdulahi Kaugama, in a statement said the commission acted purely “in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).”
Okorie had sought the registration of the United Progressive Party, a request that has been endorsed by INEC
Kalu urged Mimiko to continue with his pro-people policies, especially in the areas of education, health care and provision of infrastructure, with roads being a critical one
Mimiko, flying the flag of the Labour Party, lost in Owo and Okitipupa Local Government Areas, which are strongholds of the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party
And the social media, especially Facebook and the Blackberry Messenger, have been awash with so many allegations, from the sublime to the ridiculous
The chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, spoke on the plans of their outfits for the poll, less than 72 hours to the election