Tag: INEC

PVC: INEC shuts down operations in FCT as crowd overwhelmed officials

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday ended abruptly the ongoing Continuous Voters Card (CVR) registration in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over crowd disturbance. The Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the FCT, Yahaya Bello, while speaking on the development, lamented that people who had no business with the CVR process stormed the office to cause a commotion, forcing the Commission to stop the process for the time being. However, many Abuja residents alleged that INEC was making it difficult for them to be registered for the CVR card.…

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2023 Elections: “We won’t interfere in Nigerians’ democratic choice”, INEC Chairman tells UN

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured the international community that the electoral umpire would always submit itself to the sanctity of votes cast by the Nigerian electorate. The INEC Chairman made the declaration yesterday, when he met with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, at the Commission headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu, who commended UNOWAS for being supportive of INEC during the conduct of elections in…

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2023 Polls: Names of Lawan, Akpabio, Umahi missing as INEC releases list of candidates

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the list and particulars of candidates vying for several positions at the federal level in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The names of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi and Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio were, however, missing from the list. The trio had contested the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but may have been hoping to reclaim the APC senatorial seats after failing to win the top seat. Speaking on a television programme yesterday,…

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INEC bows to pressure, extends voters’ registration deadline by 60 days

Aminu Imam

Against the backdrop of public outcry, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally agreed to postpone the deadline for the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, which was initially slated for the end of this month. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. A’ishatu Jibril Dukku, revealed this during a briefing with fellow lawmakers on the committee’s efforts to guarantee the implementation of a resolution that the House resolution reached last week. “The Committee held a meeting with INEC yesterday (Tuesday), where they agreed…

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Abuja Federal High Court bars INEC from ending voter registration

Aminu Imam

As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepares to end voter registration on June 30, 2022, in line with its schedule of activities, an Abuja Federal High Court has barred it from doing so. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, of the court, gave an order of interim injunction yesterday, following the hearing of an argument on a Motion ex-parte brought by a human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP). Recall that INEC had announced its intention to end the voter registration exercise on June 30 to enable it to harmonise…

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2022 Ekiti Guber: INEC ready to conduct free, fair election – Chairman

Aminu Imam

Less than 24 hours to the governorship election in Ekiti State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured the Commission’s readiness to conduct a free, fair, and credible election. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, gave the assurance in his message to members of staff of the Commission in Abuja, as contained in an issued statement yesterday. According to him, the choice of who becomes the next governor is entirely in the hands of the electorate. Prof. Yakubu added that the Ekiti election would be historic, being the first…

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2023 General Elections: H/Reps ask INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the deadline for the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise by 60 days. The House passed the resolution during yesterday’s plenary, following the adoption of a Motion passed by a lawmaker from Abia State, Benjamin Kalu. Recall that the electoral umpire had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the suspension of CVR across the country ahead of the 2023 general election. Moving his motion, Kalu said the extension of the voter registration will enable many eligible…

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INEC deploys additional machines for CVR to Kano, S/East, Lagos

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has deployed additional 209 machines for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to Kano, the five south-eastern states, Lagos, where the pressure for the exercise is most acute. This development is sequel to the surge in the number of prospective registrants in those states as the June 30 deadline for the CVR approaches. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in an issued press statement. Okoye said the Commission will monitor the situation over the next few…

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2023: Deadline for voters registration remains June 30
— INEC

Aminu Imam

Contrary to speculations that the deadline for the ongoing registration of voters has been extended to August 31, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), says the deadline remains June 30, 2022. Recall that following a clamour for an extension of the deadline due to an upsurge in the number of potential registrants and the attendant logistics hitches, the INEC last week said an extension might be considered. Yesterday, some online reports claimed that the deadline had been extended prompting celebration in some quarters. However, when newsmen asked the Chief…

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2023: Tinubu, Atiku, others have one week to pick running mate or risk invalidation – INEC

Aminu Imam

As the submission of presidential candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ends next Friday, the candidates of parties vying for the 2023 presidency have been directed to pick their running mates for their nominations to be valid. The INEC Chairman further said that only candidates who emerged from democratic primaries as stipulated by the Electoral Act 2022 should be submitted to the Commission. This is as the submission of candidates for the national election ends next week Friday. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who stated this at a…

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