As the countdown towards the 7th edition of the Nigerian Sports Award gets hotter, the organizers of the prestigious awards have announced that the voting phase will close as scheduled by midnight of November 11, 2018.
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According to Idowu, the new panel for Nigerian Sports Award will be chaired by Dr. Kweku Tandoh, a seasoned sports administrator, former Director of Sports, Lagos State and General Secretary of the Main Organizing Committee of the Eko 2012, National Sports Festival
“Ideally, there should be a capacity within the electoral system to ensure that even if you cannot prosecute the five million, prosecute such a number that will discourage other people from committing the offence in future
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday
INEC said the crisis had nothing to do with the commission’s preparation for the election
Idowu said the commission had also directed that the SIM of the card reader that required activation before use must be activated in a phone before being inserted in card readers
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, made the declaration in a statement in Abuja
The initial cut off date was March 8
The field-testing, which will hold in 225 polling units and 358 voting points across 12 wards in 12 states of the country, is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technology, which will be used for the first time in the electoral process
This is with less than 10 days to the March 8 deadline given by the commission for the exercise
The revelation was made in a statement issued by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
The statement indicated that out of 68,833,476 registered voters, 52,233,396 or 75.88 per cent of eligible voters, have collected their PVC’s nationwide
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
This was contrary to unsubstantiated report that Jega would proceed on a forced terminal leave on March 1
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday
The news was first reported by some foreign media outlets
INEC, in a statement on Friday, said it will confirm the dates for the elections after the meeting with the political parties and the RECs
In a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC said one of its National Commissioners, Amina Zachary, was misquoted on the issue by Reuters
This was confirmed on Sunday via a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja
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