The cheering news came on Thursday when Dabiri-Erewa paid a courtesy call on the INEC Chairman in Abuja, where the issue of Diaspora voting took the centre stage
Browsing: Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
The electoral umpire offered the explanation in response to news reports that it was planning to create 30,000 addition polling units ahead of the 2019 elections, a move that has been described as tending towards helping President Muhammadu Buhari by some, including the Peoples Democratic Party
The party had earlier released dates for the elections, which run contrary to what was sent to INEC via a letter by its National Secretary, Hon. Mai Mala Buni
Performing the ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, expressed confidence that the new RECs would contribute to the commission’s determination to make 2019 general elections the best in the country.
He stated this on Monday at the opening of a three-day International Conference of Election Management Bodies in West and Southern African countries in Abuja.
The committee according to a statement issued by INEC Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi in Abuja, submitted it report to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday.
The Chairman of the INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a dialogue with a coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Abuja.
The warning is coming against the backdrop of the imminent face-off between INEC and the National Assembly over the ordering of the 2019 elections
The Confab, themed: “Hate Speech Vs Free Speech,” was organised by the Peace and Security Network in collaboration with the Centre for Information Technology and Development
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mamood Yakubu, made the announcement at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja
“I have passed the stage where someone can intimidate me to do what is wrong,” Yakubu said in the current edition of The Interview
Yakubu gave the advice at a consultative meeting with the RECs in Abuja on Tuesday, and advised them not to be distracted by politicians’ antics.
The National Assembly had after INEC released the timetable for the 2019 general election reordered the polls, saying the presidential election will hold last
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.
The Secretary of INEC in Kebbi State, Alhaji Bello Magaji Isah, made the disclosure during a visit to the Controller of Prisons in Kebbi State, Mallam Sani Adamu Potiskum, in Kebbi
Yakubu, who appeared before the Senate Committee on INEC to defend the Commission’s 2018 budget, also informed the lawmakers that new card readers would be deployed for Ekiti State governorship election holding this year
According to a statement by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Wednesday in Abuja, the number comprises of 4,917 senior and 2,413 junior officers.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Tuesday at the Fourth Situation Room Stakeholders Forum on Elections, organised by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Abuja.
The announcement was made on the Twitter handle of the Commission
The Commission’s daily bulletin issued on Saturday in Abuja quoted Yakubu as saying that INEC had received over 120 applications from political associations seeking registration as political parties.