Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose, who said he was not against the use of any technology to ensure credible elections, added that the flaws recorded during the last Saturday test run exercise were too fundamental to be ignored
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The initial cut off date was March 8
This was contained in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Daily Bulletin in Abuja on Friday
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
The APC National Youth Leader, Jalo Dasuki, made the statement in Abuja at a news conference on the sidelines of a meeting of all zonal, state and national youth leaders of the party
Fayose noted that the APC is known for its penchant for promotion of confusion and division in Nigeria for political gains, even at the expense of the well being and unity of the country
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party described as very curious the fact that the PDP that rushed to the press to deny the APC’s claims quickly turned around to confirm them
The governor said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria belongs to the party
With barely three weeks to the conduct of the general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation on Wednesday…
This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Ali Ahmed (Kwara-APC), which also cautioned against further shift in the election dates
In a statement issued in Dubai on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the multi-pronged efforts to prevent the elections from holding as rescheduled include the use of some 23 portfolio political parties to seek a further shift in the election dates and the destabilization of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s election plan through the orchestrated removal of its Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega
The PDP described as curious the new found interest of the APC on Jega
It would be recalled that in the Nigerian Pilot editions for August 28, 2013 and November 25, 2013, the newspaper carried stories under the caption: Exposed!: Jega’s dirty deals.
This is with less than 10 days to the March 8 deadline given by the commission for the exercise
The APC senators said only dishonest politicians will want Jega to be removed
Speaking on Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate, Jega said the Commission had done its part of the job and was now waiting on the military to give the go ahead for the elections to be conducted
This was just as Jega also revealed to the senators that over four million Nigerians have engaged in multiple voting
In a motion which came under matters of urgent public national importance at the resumed Senate plenary in Abuja on Tuesday, Ndoma-Egba said it was necessary that senators get briefed adequately on the matter by INEC
The INEC boss, however, said the the problem is not with the production of the PVCs but the collection
Jega spoke when he appeared before the Senate to display the workings of the Permanent Voter Cards and Card Reader Machines