Tag: Council Polls

FCT Area Council Elections: Despite having 1.3m registered voters, low turnout mars poll

Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election which held yesterday was characterised by low voter turnout, dysfunctional and failed Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices as well as late arrival of officials for the commencement of the exercise, despite assurances by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that the polls would be better than past ones. There are a total of 1.373 million registered voters in the FCT spread across the six Area Councils, 62 Wards, and 2,822 polling units in the Territory. However, it was observed that less than…

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FCT: Police back-pedals, allows free movement across Abuja on voting day

Aminu Imam

The FCT Police Command says residents can go about their lawful business of election day. This was contained in a press statement issued by the FCT Police Command, titled: FCT Police Command Relaxes Pronounced 12/2/2022 Area Council Election Movement Restrictions”, yesterday, in Abuja. According to the statement, signed by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, “The FCT Police Command has decided to relax the restriction of movement as earlier announced for the Area Council Election schedule to take place on the 12th February, 2022. “Consequently, members of the public…

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FCT area council polls: Police orders restriction of movement from midnight Saturday to 4pm

Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has ordered the restriction of movement from midnight of Friday, February 11 to 4 pm Saturday, February 12, for the forthcoming Area council elections. The Command, however, noted that the workers on essential duties and students who are scheduled to write a nationwide West African Examination Council, (WAEC), examination were exempted from the restriction order. The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, who made this known, said the Command has massively deployed personnel to all the area councils to ensure a hitch-free…

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Parties kick, as Kaduna Council polls is postponed again

Aminu Imam

For the third time this year, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) has postponed the Local Government election earlier slated for August 14. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the state electoral commission, Dr. Saratu Binta Dikko-Audu, while speaking with political leaders and stakeholders yesterday. The new date according to the state electoral body is September 4, 2021. Recall that on two different occasions the LG polls were postponed this year. She said the various postponements lack of proper arrival of some election materials, late arrival of battery…

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