Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called for premature political campaigns to be criminalised, with stiff sanctions for violators. Jega spoke on Wednesday at a one-day stakeholders’ roundtable on premature and early campaigns convened by INEC at The Electoral Institute, Abuja. “Premature campaigns are not just technical violations,” Jega […]
The federal government says it will establish cattle breeding centres in each of the six geopolitical zones as part of efforts to boost productivity and resolve lingering farmers-herders conflicts. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, minister of state for agriculture and food security, disclosed this on the second day of the citizens-government engagement and midterm assessment of President […]
Prof. Attahiru Jega has challenged northern leaders on good, patriotic and selfless leadership in the mould of the late eminent statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule. Jega gave the challenge during the Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series organised by the Coalition of Northern Nigeria (CNG) on Monday in Katsina. He described the late Sule, who was the […]
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has spoken up against the crop of leaders elected into political offices in the country. Speaking at the first memorial lecture in honour of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos, late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, organised by Federal Social Democrats, (FSD) with the theme, […]
Ahead of 2019 general elections, Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, has called for the formulation, adoption and strict compliance with the electoral code of conduct by political parties. Jega made the call in an in-house monthly publication of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) made available to the […]
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has disclosed that Nigerian politicians are more interested in winning elections than in governance. Jega spoke during a lecture titled, “Democracy and the Challenges of Nation Building in Africa” at the Institute for Security Studies, Abuja. The former INEC boss also stated that […]
…Cites violence, hate speech, electoral legal framework, bribery & corruption As Nigeria prepares for the 2019 general election, the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has listed four hurdles that could impede the success of the election, warning that danger may be inevitable if parties are unable to properly […]
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the current leadership of the Commission has made significant and commendable progress since taking over in November 2015. Jega who spoke as a keynote speaker at the National Judicial Institute in a paper titled, “Towards Elections with Integrity in 2019, Challenges and […]
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, on Thursday criticised the National Assembly for reordering the sequence of elections after the electoral umpire has fixed the timetable for 2019 polls. According to Jega, the action of the lawmakers is an attempt to undermine the independence and integrity of INEC. […]
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has commended Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal for allocating 26 percent of its 2018 budget to education, saying the move will go a long way in addressing numerous challenges facing the sector. Speaking at a youth and students summit organised by Federation of […]
United States President Barrack Obama has commended President Goodluck Jonathan and President elect Muhammed Buhari for their public commitments to non-violence throughout their political campaigns and election. In a statement on Wednesday, Obama congratulated General Buhari on his election and President Jonathan for conceding defeat. Full text of the statement follows: The last few days […]
The president of the Oodua people’s congress (OPC), and the convener of the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians, Chief Gani Adams has said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has set the stage for rigging in favour of the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari, in […]
After a long wait, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega, has broken his silence by saying that there are still a few security concerns hovering over the 2015 general election. It would be recalled that Jega refused to speak to the press after meeting the president and service chiefs […]
Understandably distracted by the high intensity of the ongoing electioneering campaigns, the public seems to have ignored an equally important issue of the moment. This has to do with the many scams trailing the PVC contract awarded by INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega. Considering the low publicity, this piece comes as a modest effort by a […]
The controversy continues to trail the production and supply of the permanent voters’ cards (PVCs). It was revealed that a Nigerian company, ACT.Technologies Limited, was awarded a N2.6 billion contract by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to produce the PVCs, which was in turn sub-contracted it to a Chinese firm. This is coming as […]