Tag: ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Four days to LG polls, Court sacks Kano Electoral Commission chairman, members 

Aminu Imam
Court sacks KANSIEC

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano yesterday sacked the Chairman of the State’s Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Sani Malumfashi, for being a member of the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP). The case was filed by Aminu Tiga and the All Progressive Congress, (APC). The defendants in the suit are the State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, and 14 others. Delivering judgement, the presiding judge, S.A. Amobede also held that the Secretary of the Commission, Kabir Zakirai, was not a civil servant and therefore not an officer…

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Arewa Youth Group faults list of Electoral Commissioners

Aminu Imam

…Alleges persons of integrity are excluded The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum( AYCF) has expressed worry over the list of President Buhari’s appointees in INEC, alleging that excluding some persons of integrity would endanger credibility in the service of Nigeria’s electoral umpire. In an issued statement, captioned: ” INEC Commissioner Nominees: Why is it that persons of proven integrity are endangered under President Buhari ?” which was signed by President of the AYCF, 77d, that the list containing names of Commissioners to be appointed into INEC clearly excluded persons that the…

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Libyan electoral commission prepares for coming elections

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Libyan National High Electoral Commission (HNEC) discussed with the chairmen of boards of electoral departments of the Commission in all Libyan regions preparations for the general election due in December next year, an official source said in Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The Managing Director of the HNEC, Yahya al-Jadid, met with more than 20 participants via the Zoom technology to discuss obstacles, challenges and the means to overcome them. In a statement, the commission said al-Jadid underlined “the importance of that communication between the general department and its offices,…

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