Briefing correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State said the Council agreed that the states would buy the machines, but requested that INEC should give them a “discount of 25 per cent for the old machines and 10 per cent for the new ones
Browsing: Prof. Attahiru Jega
Arguing for his position, Okonkwo said by delisting the party, the commission had challenged the jurisdiction of the court in a case pending before it in which NAP was a party at the time of the delisting
The position of the commission was premised on the ruling by the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment of the Enugu High Court that had earlier sacked Umeh
This pledge was made by the American envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador Terence P. McCulley, when he visited INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday
Jega, who spoke on Saturday in Kaduna, Kaduna State, said none of the three political associations that have approached it for registration with the acronym APC has been considered
Justice Okon Abang said INEC must regulate the activities of political parties in order to ensure they meet the expectations of Nigerians
UNN’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bartholomew Okolo, disclosed that the university is honouring the awardees for their “remarkable contributions to the development of our country”
One of such things Okechukwu urged Jega to pay attention to is the implementation of the recommendations of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reform Committee
Jega, who spoke on Wednesday, said the series of staggered elections in the country resulted from court judgments, which affected tenures of some governors and not as a result of the choice of the commission
Jega said those prosecuted were those arrested in connection with offenses committed in relations to the voter registration and general election of 2011