THE LABOR PARTY, OR ANY INTERESTED PERSONS OR POLITICAL PARTY WHO WANTS TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN THE UPCOMING EDO STATE AND ONDO STATE ELECTIONS LATER THIS YEAR MUST URGENTLY HAVE TO HEED TO THIS CALL FOR ACTION..
THE PRAYERS AT THE COURT SHOULD BE....
1. For the court to compel and mandate INEC to always transmit the BVAS-Machines along with the results under tight security.. And to always verify and confirm the number of accredited voters with the value captured inside the BVAS-machines at each level of collation,, Most Especially, At The Lowest Collation Level -- That Is, At The Ward Collation Level.
2. For the court to compel and mandate the INEC Collection Officers to PROMPTLY STOP the Collation Process whenever there is any dispute, and use the BVAS-Machines for all those disputed polling-units to settle the disputes which arose before they can continue with their Collation Process.
bahaushe1: Op doesn't seems to have ever participated in election in Nigeria.
You just wasted your time, there is nothing to go to court about.
Thank You Very Much Bro.. This is the type of response I have been waiting for.
2. What every Ward/RA collation officer does is to ask PO to query the BVAS of his PU. The collation officer than cross check all the necessary information on the device before commencing the process of collating the result of that PU.
Most Ward/RA Collation Officers don't do this. TRUST ME.. Imo-&-Kogi of November 2023 is still a very recent example.. This is exactly why I stated that the LP should take it to the court,, so that it becomes stamped and properly established, without having some officers disobeying it. (I don't even want to entertain any fear or doubt, whether the number of accredited voters captured inside the BVAS-machines can be altered or increased by the handlers of the BVAS-Machines -- eg. RATECH)
3. There a PO present result that contradicts the information on BVAS, he is asked to go and reconcile. If he is unable to reconcile, the ward collation officer help him do that. If reconciliation is not possible and there is glaring error between what is presented and what is contained in BVAS, the result is cancelled.
This is exactly what the Electoral-Act-2022 stipulated in Section: 51-(2). But many Ward/RA collation officers don't cancel anything. They would just continue collating the wrong values like that. (Like I typed earlier,, I don't want to entertain any fear or doubt, whether the number of accredited voters captured inside the BVAS-machines can be altered or increased by the handlers of the BVAS-Machines -- eg. RATECH)
4. It is not possible to verify and confirm information on BVAS at every point of collation. The information on each BVAS relate to individual PUs while at LGA collation results are collated based summation from Ward/RA. How could one then get information about a ward/RA from BVAS when a ward/RA can have over 10 PUs? Now, think of what would happen at state and national collation. INEC, the chief returning officer for presidential election, would have to go through ALL the BVAS used in the election all over the country before making declaration and return.
You and I know that if there are NO DISPUTES,, then, all these things you stated here are not necessary, and they won't apply... Right??
Now,, what if the Lower-Level Collation Officers didn't settle any of the rising disputes at their levels of collation,, and they kept telling the PARTY-AGENTS that “All the disputes would be settled by the Returning Officer during the final collation...”,, THEN TRUST ME,, at any stage where the disputes arise, whoever that is the collation-officer at that point must apply Section: 64-(6); Section: 64-(7); & Section: 64-(8.).. Read these Sections up,, especially Section: 64-(6). That is where you will see it clearly, that if need be,, then the INEC-NATIONAL-RETURNING-OFFICER Might have to actually start going through the whole of all the 176,000+plus BVAS-Machines in order to do the RE-COLLATION all-over again. (Read Section: 64-(7) of the Electoral-Act very well..)
5. It should be the duty of political parties assign agents to all PUs and collation centers. You cannot fail to provide agents at all the PUs across the country and then ran to Abuja shout rigging. PUs issues should be addressed by PUs agents. Ward/RA collation issues should be addressed at ward/RA center. LGA collation issues should be raised and addressed there.
The Party-Agents were being barred and prevented by gun-wielding military men and police from entering the Ward/RA collating centers and LGA Collation Centers..
So,, this thing you wrote here is very difficult.
Why are the military men and policemen preventing some party-agents from entering the collation center,, and then allow the agents of some other parties to enter??
The Labour-Party should GO BACK TO THE COURTS AGAIN, for the courts to Interpret the following Sections and Sub-Sections of the Electoral-Act-2022, (with regards to the “COMPULSORY CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION” of the written Number of Accredited Voters with the Values of Accredited Voters as captured inside the BVAS-machines during all the levels of collation of results,, and the total re-collation of the whole results wherever there are established errors in the earlier collations..)
.. The Labour-Party had earlier in August 2022 approached the Federal High Court in Abuja in order for the court to give interpretations to the following Sections and Sub-Sections of the Electoral-Act-2022; with regards to the Electronic Transmission of Results. 1. Section: 47-(2). 2. Section: 50-(2). 3. Section: 60-((4)&(5)). 4. Section: 62-((1)&(2)).
The court ruled that the INEC is free to determine the mode of transmission of the results, since the Electoral-Act-2022 clearly gave them the authority to choose any mode or method of transmission they so wished.
Thus,, if the INEC decides to still be using MANUAL COLLATION, nobody should shout about it.
But the court did not rule out the “compulsory verification and confirmation” of the number of accredited voters with the values captured inside the BVAS-machines. ........ And for this reason,, the Labour-Party might have to GO BACK TO THE COURTS AGAIN(OR BETTER-STILL,, ANYBODY OR ANY INTERESTED POLITICAL PARTY MIGHT DECIDE TO HEAD TO THE COURTS) for the courts to Interpret the following Sections and Sub-Sections of the Electoral-Act-2022, (but this time around, with regards to the “COMPULSORY CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION” of the written Number of Accredited Voters with the Values of Accredited Voters as captured inside the BVAS-machines during all the levels of collation of results,, and the total re-collation of the whole results wherever there are established errors in the earlier collations..)
..... For the sake of better context and deeper understanding,, let me include the exact texts of the above-mentioned Sections and Sub-Sections,, so that whoever that is contributing to this topic would be well-grounded and well-informed on the topic.
Section: 47-((2)&(3))
(2) To vote, the presiding officer shall use a smart card reader or any other technological device that may be prescribed by the Commission, for the accreditation of voters, to verify, confirm or authenticate the particulars of the intending voter in the manner prescribed by the Commission.
(3) Where a smart card reader or any other technological device deployed for accreditation of voters fails to function in any unit and a fresh card reader or technological device is not deployed, the election in that unit shall be cancelled and another election shall be scheduled within 24 hours if the Commission is satisfied that the result of the election in that polling unit will substantially affect the final result of the whole election and declaration of a winner in the constituency concerned.
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Section: 60-(5)
(5) The presiding officer shall transfer the results including total number of accredited voters and the results of the ballot in a manner as prescribed by the Commission.
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Section: 64-(4(a),&4(b))
(4) A collation officer or returning officerat an election shall collate and announce the result of an election, subject to his or her verification and confirmation that the— (a) number of accredited voters stated on the collated result are correct and consistent with the number of accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 47-(2) of this Act; and (b) the votes stated on the collated result are correct and consistent with the votes or results recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 60-(4) off this Act. **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)**
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Section: 64-(5)
(5) Subject to subsection (1), a collation officer or returning officer shall use the number of accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 47-(2) of this Act and the votes or results recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 60-(4) of this Act **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)** to collate and announce the result of an election if a collated result at his or a lower level of collation is not correct.
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Section: 64-(6(a),6(b),6(c),&6(d))
(6) Where during collation of results, there is a dispute regarding a collated result or the result of an election from any polling unit, the collation officer or returning officer shall use the following to determine the CORRECTNESS of the disputed result— (a) the original of the disputed collated result for each polling unit where the election is disputed ; (b) the smart card reader or other technology device used for accreditation of voters in each polling unit where the election is disputed for the purpose of obtaining accreditation data directly from the smart card reader or technology device; (c) data of accreditation recorded and transmitted directly from each polling unit where the election is disputed as prescribed under Section: 47-(2) of this Act; and (d) the votes and result of the election recorded and transmitted directly from each polling unit where the election is disputed, as prescribed under Section: 60-(4) of this Act. **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)**
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Section: 64-(7)
(7) If the disputed result under Sub-Section-(6) were otherwise found NOT to be correct, the collation officer or returning officer shall RE-COLLATE AND ANNOUNCE A NEW RESULT using the information in Sub-Section-(6)-((a)-(d)).
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Section: 64-(8.)
(8.) Where the dispute under Sub-Section-(6) arose at the level of collation, and the returning officer has satisfied the provision of Sub-Section-(6)-((a)-(d)), the returning officer shall accordingly declare the winner of the election.
I even used NIN as the ID-Card in opening one of my new accounts.. (I used to open my accounts with my VOTER'S CARD,, but since the banks started accepting NIN, I started making use of my NIN)
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But the directive that was given was for Linking NIN with BVN..
I no even like music with understandable human words..
I just love orchestra..
(Or music with only Instrumentals... And any included Human voices are not supposed to be saying any meaningful words -- eg. Yanni, Beethoven, Handel, etc)
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siofra: Every sensible human knows Okafor's law is fake. Only insecure foolish men that can't move on from their exes, FwB, one night stands etc believe that rubbish law.
What a queen! She has made us proud 😍
She got trapped.
And she didn't understand the LAW after-all.
That second part of the law is the most important part of the law... (.... Provided that the first knack was verry good...)
The knacking with the three of them were not good enough for her.
Chinjo2: Shame on you. That letter is very clear and unambiguous. It requires no explanation at all.
1. No agreement on investment between Nigeria and Qatar.
2. The Qatari Minister of trade will be out of the country on official assignment.
3. Qatar will be hosting a WEB summit and all state's functionaries will be very busy.
Read number 3 reason very well. Does it require any explanation?
Please Mr President, they have indirectly told you that you are not wanted. Please for the sake of God, save that millions of Dollars you would have wasted on that trip and channel it to revamp the economy.
Nigerians are really suffering.
The THIRD REASON.
If all the functionaries would be busy on that day, I was expecting a rescheduling.
But from what Bayo-Onanuga said, it is still going to be on those earlier scheduled dates. (Same dates the Qatari functionaries would be so busy).
So, who exactly would he be meeting there? Those same busy functionaries?
We are aware of a leaked diplomatic correspondence between the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Qatar between 2 and 3 March, 2024.
The leaked diplomatic paper by mischief makers about an investment forum is not in any way a snub on President Tinubu by the Qatari government.
The Note Verbale is about a private sector-led Business and Investment Forum to be held on the margins of President Bola Tinubu's State Visit.
The event is being put together by the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Qatar's Chambers of Commerce and Industry where business people from Nigeria will engage their counterparts from Qatar on commercial and investment opportunities available in both countries.
We note the strong bilateral relationship between our two countries and affirm that the State Visit by President Bola Tinubu to Qatar is on the invitation of the Emir of Qatar, His Highness, Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The State Visit is particularly aimed at strengthening the bilateral economic cooperation between Nigeria and Qatar.
NACCIMA and Qatar Chambers of Commerce and Industry are collaborating to take advantage of President Tinubu's visit to Doha to mobilise the business community from our two countries to explore opportunities in key economic sectors such as oil & gas, manufacturing, agro-business, construction, real estate, ICT, Renewable Energy, Solid Minerals and service sector, among others.
President Tinubu is expected to proceed to Qatar on the State Visit as scheduled and during the visit, the Nigerian leader will engage in high-level bilateral discussions with Qatari leader on many important matters, covering the full range of diplomatic and economic issues.
It is not correct for anyone to insinuate that the Qatari authorities have snubbed the Nigerian leader over a business and investment forum which is tangential to the all-important State Visit and which President Tinubu is slated to attend as a guest.
President Tinubu and His Highness Al-Thani are both committed to maintaining and building on the existing cordial and special relationship between Nigeria and the State of Qatar.
Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy