Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, made this known on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen.
Idowu said the shift in date became necessary because December 25 was Christmas day
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Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday in Abuja stated this in an interview with newsmen following the lifting of the ban on election campaigns
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the commission would do everything to ensure that affected people were not disenfranchised
The way to check if they are on the Register of Voters is simply to send an SMS to dedicated lines with the following information: Name of state, surname, the last five or six digits of the VIN (i.e., Voter Identification Number) on their Temporary Voter Card (for example: Lagos, Salama, 06782: please ensure the coma in-between) and send to 08171646879
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the desperation and agitation being expressed by some people over the distribution of PVCs were unnecessary
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega
The election is expected to be characterised by further accusations and counter-accusations
In a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC said the integrity of the process leading to the election in Osun State on Saturday was intact as all materials are adequatey protected
INEC, in a statement on Monday by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, therefore urge prospective voters in Osun State yet to collect their PVC to urgently do so ahead of the state’s governorship election scheduled for August 9, 2014
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
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, said it took the collective involvement and responsibility of all stakeholders to achieve the success
The exercise, which was originally scheduled to end on Sunday, will now run till Tuesday in Taraba, Gombe, Zamfara, Kebbi, Benue, Kogi, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States
But the Independent National Electoral Commission will not deploy card readers for the governorship elections.
Rather, the card readers will be used along with PVCs for the 2015 general election
It said the commission had also conducted Continuous Voter Registration for those who had just turned 18 years in the two states
It is quite possible for the electorate to take charge of setting the tone for the political climate in 2014, and up to the 2015 elections