Yakubu gave the assurance when he delivered a keynote address at the 6th Convocation Lecture of Oduduwa University in Ipetumodu on Tuesday.
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Yakubu gave the charge at a two-day INEC Election Monitoring and Support Centre Zonal Implementers Trainers Workshop held in Lagos.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he received a delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission, led by the Chairman of Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission, Mohamed Conteh, on Monday in Abuja.
The Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited will hold its Sixth Anniversary Lecture November 15, 2017.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, has called for close partnership with Civil Society Organisations to improve the electoral process in the country.
Making the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja, Maureen Chigbo, publisher of Realnews Magazine, an online publication, said: “Our choice of topic for the 2018 lecture has been informed by contemporary political, economic, security, socio-cultural challenges facing Nigeria regarded as the “Giant of Africa” as it prepares for the 2019 polls where Nigerians are expected to elect leaders they hope will move country to the next level.”
The PDP also cautioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to succumb to pressure to manipulate the electoral process for President Buhari as such could cause serious crisis capable of disarticulating our nation.
Yakubu expressed the hope while fielding questions from newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on update on the implementation of activities for the 2019 general elections.
Mallam Lanre Isa-Onilu, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, stated this while reacting to the insistence of INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja on the issue
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it stands by its statement that the All Progressives Congress will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamafa.
The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Thursday that more than 80 million registered Nigerians were expected to vote during the 2019 general elections in the country.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the advice in at the Workshop for election professionals from the Commonwealth Africa Region on Monday in Abuja.
The theme of this year’s conference is: “Credible Election, Sustainable Democracy and the Nigerian Media.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission says although women constitute 49 per cent of the Nigeria’s voting population, the national average in female representation stood at 6.7 per cent.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled plan to enhance the participation of all marginalised groups in the electoral process.
The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, following his alleged controlling role in the fraudulent manipulations that characterized the September 22, 2018 Osun State governorship election.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, dismissed the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the process was conclusive and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, won the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged members of the public to disregard the allegation that it created illegal polling units in Osun State ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state.