The decision was reached at the just-concluded NEC meeting in Abuja chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
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Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, said this while briefing State House correspondents after NEC meeting on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated winners of All Progressives Congress primaries across the country, urging losers to demonstrate sportsmanship by accepting the outcomes without bitterness or resentment.
Shehu Yusuf Kura, the Special Adviser Media to National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, made the remark in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday.
A faction of the party led by the National Chairman, Dania Emmanuel, had earlier fixed the convention for Saturday in Abuja, a move the NEC members said was against the party’s constitution.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the congress on Wednesday in Abuja.
The President of NMA, Dr Francis Faduyile, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
This was contained in a press statement issued in Ibadan, Oyo State on Sunday, and jointly signed by Alhaji Adekoya Kazeem and Deaconess Mopelola Ikuyunminu, Chairman and Secretary of the coalition respectively.
Abounu said that the National Security Adviser, Babagana Mongunu, briefed the council on behalf of the various security agencies on the critical security issues nationwide.
The National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting which was presided over Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The presence of services chiefs, the National Security Adviser and the Inspector-General of Police suggests that security may be top on the agenda being discussed at the Thursday meeting.
Conteh said that the commission continued to prepare for the elections; guided by constitution of the Sierra Leone, 1991; and the country’s Public Elections Act, 2012.
Governors elected on APC platform, members of its Board of Trustee and National Working Committee members among others, are also expected attend the meeting.
The Polling Stations according to a document released by the commission on Monday in Freetown are located in seven out of 16 districts in the country.
The Chairman of NEC, Mohammed Conteh, declared the “progressive” result at the commission’s headquarters in Freetown.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that governors elected on APC platform, members of party’s Board of Trustee and National Working Committee members among others.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Emeka Ononammadu, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Tuesday.
NEC said in a statement on its website that the materials were imported from Slovenia and that they landed at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia on Saturday.
The Governors of Jigawa State, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar; Anambra, Willie Obiano; Lagos, Akinwumi Ambode; and the Minister for Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, said this in their joint briefing to State House Correspondents
The TUC said as a responsible organisation interested in the progress of the country, it considers it critical for all its organs to meet and take a position on these issues and subsequently publish its resolutions for the benefit of the government and people at all levels