The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use of card readers for the March 28and April 11 general elections.

The governors, at an interactive session with the media and civil society organisations in Lagos on Tuesday, also faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission preparedness for the elections. Before the interactive session titled [b]‘Sustenance of Democratic Values and National Development,’ ended,The PUNCH learnt that INEC had summoned leaders of all the political parties in the country to a meeting on Thursday over the polls.

As if acting a script with its governors, the PDP also on Tuesday sent a letter to the electoral body detailing its observations on Saturday’s Card Readers mock in 12 states.

The governors at the Lagos forum were Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Liyel Imoke (Cross River); Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Bala Ngilari (Adamawa); Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo).Others were Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Mukhtar Yero (Kaduna) and Ibrahim Danwambo (Gombe).The PDPGF usually holds its meetings in Abuja or any PDP state but this time round they chose Lagos, a stronghold of the opposition All Progressives Congress for the interactive session.

Akpabio, who is the chairman of the PDPGF, said Lagos was chosen because it is the headquarters of the media and activism in Nigeria.

Akpabio said that Lagos had been plagued by the propaganda of the APC and that the PDP wanted to showcase its achievements in the city.

He said the postponement of the elections were justifiable. Although the governors did not canvass for the use of Temporary Voter Cards, they maintained that people who do not have Permanent Voter Cards should be allowed to vote.

Akpabio said Nigerians should be grateful to the PDP for ensuring that the country had the longest span(16 years) of democracy.


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To state the obvious, INEC was really ill-prepared for the election. Thank God it was shifted,now we're seeing their many flaws. What if the elections have been held??

PDP can ask for another shift in the elections.

Abeg what's exactly the reason PD Pig is kicking against the use if card reader?

Dont mind those dogs; they're 'lunatics'.

Yungwizzzy:
Abeg what's exactly the reason PD Pig is kicking against the use if card reader?

cos it prevent them from rigging.

PDP the main Opposition Party, this will be fun to watch. God bless Nigeria.

Mallam Jega your a disgrace to INEC.
So you intended to impose a dying Mallam Buhari upon us through the backdoor by insisting you were ready for elections on Feb 14th.
Your motives are crystal clear to me.
Never Again.
In GEJ we trust.

If inec said d card reader take up to ten minutes to accredite one person, in a pul unit of 300 registered voters....for evry 12 person u have one hour, hw many hours wil it take 300 register voter to cast their vote b4 voting stop....and card reader last just for 3hours..may God help us all

Every sectors is in comatose stage in GEJ's era..

INEC,JAMB,ENERGY, just to mention few are in moribund stage..nothing works in Nigeria again.

At times,I wonder if GEJ's administration is God's way of punishing Nigerians..

Well,INEC is ready,or not,I have decided..

I hope the governor of Niger state didn't say anything at the session, cos he's a failure,





Rest in Peace to dictocracy (oops democracy)

Prepare or not
#pdpmustgo

tru

No more rigging. Some governors will remain silence for years if they eventually fail to win. Some will remain in emergency units of hospital for years.
When apc was collectively campaigning for grassroots to collect their pvc , they were busy doing character assassination. But fowl yansh don open, they are now jittery.
Say no to rigging. Say no to election postponement.

sa

Na wa oo

Again?

APC poll agents should come along with their personal generators to the polling unit. Let them ensure the card readers have standby power supply.

If the PDP wants to frustrate this forthcoming election, the APC should put things in place to 'de-frustrate' the election.

Only in this country will such bizzare thing like re-appointing an ex-minister who resigned his post for personal political pursuit seen.

Buhari is acending, Jonathan is decending, that's as sure as 'd****'

Nite of a thousand laugh...Episode 80

I laugh in Swahili,prepared or not,come march 28,we are going to the polls
#NeverAgain
#iHaveDecided
VOTE BUHARI/OSINBAJO
SAI BUHARI
SAI BABA

here they come

#Gbam

Though, I am in support of #GMB and #AbiolaAjimobi Election bid, Only God knows what would have happened had INEC went ahead to conducting elections as earlier scheduled.
To be frank, INEC was never ready...From distribution of PVC to training of adhoc staffs....Distributing and Test running of PVC card readers, even some PVC have not been printed according to them.
Lot of people would have been disenfranchised.... They should up their preparations as the shifted date is a chance to perfect their messy preparations.
God bless Nigeria!

#GeneralMarch4Buhari
#IHavePVC

From one drama to another. Never a dull moment until this election is over.

Even in PDP meetings, APC (mostly GMB) is a major issue that was in the centre of their discussion, PDP is gone, their defeat is imminent. Sai Buhari..

Fellow Nigerians GEJ is our next president.

******AS A MASSIVE TSUNAMI LOOMS ********

*****PDP RUNS OUT OF WHO TO BLAME******

*****THE BLAMED OBASANJO HE LEFT******

*****THEY BLAMED BOKO HARAM,SHEKAU MOVED TO CAMEROUN AND CHAD*******

****THEY BLAMED OIL PRICES,WHEN OIL FRICE WAS FULL THROTTLE WE DIDNT SEE ANY PROJECTS,GEJ HAD THE HIGHEST WORKERS STRIKE AND UNPAID SALARIES*******

*****THEY BLAMED TINUBU,HE GAVE Osinbajo THE VEEPEE POST*******

*****THEY BLAMED BUHARI,HE RAN WITH PASTOR Osinbajo******

*****THEY BLAMED PVC CARD READER IN AN ERA WHERE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD IS TRUSTED IN CARD READERS SUCH AS VISA,MASTERCARD,DISCOVER,AMERICAN EXPRESS....PDP SAYS THEY DONT TRUST IT********

*****NOW THEY WANT TO BLAME JEGA*******

*****SAY NO TO A MAN WHO CAN SACK MARTIN LUTHER AGWAI IN 24HRS FOR ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PARTY,BUT NOMINATES OBANIKORO AS A MINISTER TO SENATE,REFUSES TO PROBE ODUAH AND THEN RUNS TO CAMPAIGN WITH NOTHING BUT RELIGION SENTIMENTS,AGWAI IS CHRISTIAN, OBANIKORO IS MUSLIM.....GEJ IS NEITHER HE IS NOT ONLY CLUELESS BUT CORRUPT.


NIGERIANS GET RID OF THESE CLUELESS PARTY
GET RID OF LOOTERS AND CORRUPT LEADERS

GMB/PYO
2015.

APC would jst be sitting somewhere watching PDP crumble in HD.... Pdp opposing evry tin dt cn bring credible elections... To shw hw daft GEJ is, d Jega he appointed is now about to shw him d way out of Aso Rock....

efres