Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said he is not under pressure to resign. Prof. Jega stated this during a town hall meeting in Abuja. “I have a job to do and it would be a disservice to Nigerians for me to resign. I am not under any pressure. I have
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has tasked traditional rulers in the state to prevail on their subjects to take advantage of the extension of deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to collect their permanent voter cards. Governor Dickson, who made the call at the weekend in continuation of the State Government’s […]
Fire gutted the warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located at its Electoral Institute on Abuja Airport road. However, the INEC Director Security Directorate, Shettima Ngiladar and his counterpart, the Fire Commander, Fidelis Iroegbu, who addressed journalists at the scene of the incident said that no single sensitive or non-sensitive
With about a week to the deadline for the collection of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), the Oyo State governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Seyi Makinde has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the level of success recorded in the distribution of the PVCs, especially in Oyo State. The […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said that out of the 68,833,476 million registered voters for the polls, as at March 12, it has distributed about 55,904,272 million permanent voter cards (PVCs), representing 81.22 percent. In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, a breakdown of […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has pledged that the electoral umpire would conduct free, fair and credible elections. Jega, who revealed this on Wednesday also said that the electoral body would meet the aspiration of Nigerians, who he said were clamouring for credible elections. Jega spoke at a meeting […]
Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Jigawa, Malam Shuai’bu Haruna, on Wednesday charged persons living with disability to collect Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for them to participate in the forthcoming elections. Haruna made the call at a one-day voter education exercise for the physically challenged persons in Hadejia, Jigawa. The director said the call was
