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The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, okayed three separate suits seeking to declare the seats of Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, vacant, following their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/901/2018, FHC/ABJ/CS/940/2018 and FHC/ABJ/CS/943/2018, respectively, were lodged before the court by a civil society group under the aegis of Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Change and Social Values Network. The group is praying the court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to within 90 days, conduct fresh poll to elect new Governors in the three states and a Deputy Governor in Benue State, in accordance with the law.

Tambuwal, Ortomand Ahmed It equally applied for an interim order, directing Chief Judges of the states to swear-in Speakers of the State Houses of Assembly, to hold office as Acting Governors, pending the conduct of fresh elections by INEC. Whereas Governor Ortom was sued alongside his Deputy, Mr. Benson Abounu, both Tambuwal and Ahmed were sued alone. Also joined as Defendants in the suits were INEC and the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Specifically, the plaintiff, among other things, wants the court determine, “Whether having regard to the totality of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria I999 (as amended), a person elected into office as Governor or Deputy Governor on the sponsorship of a particular political party which won the election, can move or defect to another political party without the consent of the sponsoring political party, whilst still retaining the benefit of the election won by the initial political party?

Whether by the combined provisions of Sections 177(c) and 221 of the 1999, Constitution, as amended, and the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of AMEACHI v lNEC (2000) S NWLR (Pt.l080) 227, it was not the APC that won the 2015 governorship election in Benue, Sokoto and Kwara states. Whether having regard to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I999 (as amended), there is any provision that allows or empowered the three governors and the deputy governor of Benue State, elected under the APC, to move or defect to another political party? “Whether an election victory won by a political party, in this case the APC, can be transferred to another political party, without the express consent of the political party that won the election, and contrary to the express provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)?

“Whether, except for the offices or positions and under the circumstances specified in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), the Defendants who were declared elected into the office or position of Governor and Deputy Governor on the sponsorship of a particular political party (the APC) can transfer the victory of such election to another adverse political party by retaining the office or position? “Whether, except for the offices or positions and under the circumstances specified in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), the Defendants who have withdrawn and resigned their membership of the political party upon which they were elected, are still entitled to the rights and privileges that accrued to them as, and while they were, members of the initial political party (the APC)”.

In the case of Benue State, the plaintiff asked the court to further determine “Whether the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Defendants (Ortom, Abounu and the APC) can, either expressly or impliedly and outside the contemplation of the law, reconfigure, restructure or extinguish the political platform and framework upon which they canvassed and secured votes and mandate of the electorates represented by the Plaintiff and the other electorates in the 2015 General Governorship Election in Benue State, and still retain the position, and if not, was the of the 2nd and 3rd Defendant’s defection and invariable restructuring and reconfiguration of the political platform and framework upon which they were voted, not unlawful, ultra-vires the Constitution and amounts to a violation of the electorates’ right to elect political party of their choice? As well as, “Whether having regard to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the circumstances and justice of this case, the proper order for the Court to make is not one directing the 1“ Defendant (INEC) to conduct a new election for the completion of the unexpired term of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants as Governor and Deputy Governor of Benue State respectively?”.

Upon determination of the legal questions, the plaintiff, sought for a declaration that the defection, movement, crossing of carpet or howsoever called, by the three governors and the deputy governor of Benue State, from the political party that sponsored them and also won the 2015 General Governorship Election in the states, to another political party, was unconstitutional in the absence of any statutory provision or authority that permitted such movement.

A declaration that the continued stay in office of the three Governors and the Deputy Governor of Benue State, having withdrawn and resigned their membership of the APC which was the political party that sponsored them and also won the 2015 General Governorship Election, and defected to the PDP, was unconstitutional and in gross violation of mandate of the electorates. A declaration that the Defendants, having withdrawn and resigned membership of the APC, the political party that sponsored them and also won the 2015 General Governorship Election in their states, and defected to another political party, the composition of the Office of Governor as presently being held and occupied by two different political parties, represented by the APC and the Defendants, is unconstitutional, violates the mandate of the electorates including those represented by the Plaintiff.

“A declaration that under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, (as amended) and existing laws, no two adverse political parties can present a single candidate in an election in which both party are contesting or lay claim to victory in one elective position or office, except as provided and contemplated by the Constitution. A declaration that under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), the legal right to the electoral victory won by a political party, in this case, the vested right of the APC in electoral victory in the 2015 General Governorship Election in Benue, Sokoto and Kwara States, cannot be severed or transferred from the political party that won the election, to another political party, without subjecting same to a re-election by the electorates, in accordance with the law.

A declaration that the Defendants cannot, either expressly or impliedly, reconfigure. restructure or extinguish the political platform and framework upon which they canvassed and secured votes and mandate of the electorates, including those represented by the Plaintiff, in the 2015 General Governorship Election, except in accordance with the law.

As well as, “A declaration that the defection and invariable restructuring and reconfiguration of the political platform and framework upon which the Defendants canvassed and secured votes and mandate of the electorates, including those represented by the Plaintiff in the 2015 General Oovernorship Election in Benue, Sokoto and Kwara States, was unlawful, ultra-vires the Constitution and amounts to a violation of the electorates’ right to elect political party of their choice”.

Meantime, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has ordered service of all the relevant court processes on the Defendants to enable them to appear before the court on October 10. The court equally okayed substituted service of the processes on the Defendants through their various liason offices in Abuja.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/defection-court-asked-to-declare-govs-ortom-tambuwal-ahmeds-seats-vacant/

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act was part of the plot to rig the 2019 elections.

Gov. Nyesom Wike In an interview at the Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday, Governor Wike said the plot by All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government was basically to write results against the wishes of Nigerians. His words: “All they are prepared for is to write the results.

Most of them, who have left Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to APC told me ‘my brother, look I can confidently tell you that these people are not prepared for the elections. All they want to do is write the results and, let heaven fall’.

He said: “In my state, it won’t happen. I know they will kill a lot of people. But if that is the sacrifice, we will make it. “As we speak, they will shoot everywhere and INEC will say ‘no,’ there will be no election.

“They will make sure that there is so much violence in Rivers State so that elections will be postponed and then after elections in other states, they will move down all the security men to Rivers State.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/refusal-to-sign-electoral-act-plot-to-rig-elections-wike/

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There is nothing in the video clip to suggest that the 57 council chairmen in Lagos have endorsed Jide Sanwoolu. A political supporter of the aspirant who is a well known party leader in Lagos spoke all through in Yoruba without saying anything about endorsement from local council chairmen. Your headline is outright falsehood and a figment of your imagination.

Na wa for you hoooo

Whats is going on in Lagos State.


What is happening to Ambo, Ambode

Breaking: Video 57 Local Govt chairman endorse Jide Sanwoolu, say no to Ambo 2nd TErm

Lagos State 57 Local Government Chairman endorses Jide Sanyaolu Sanwoolu as APC flagbearer




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t582XGGq-WU&feature=youtu.be

Ambode ‘faces impeachment’ over second term bid

Reports on the plot to stop Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, in 2019 have been dismissed by stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state — but emerging signs show he is fighting for his political life.

Credible sources have informed TheCable that there is a threat to impeach Ambode if he does not drop his second term bid.

Over 50 council chairmen loyal to Bola Tinubu, his estranged godfather, have met and pledged their support for Jide Sanwonolu, who is believed to be Tinubu’s preferred choice, according to APC insiders.

The council chairmen are the most influential grassroots mobilisers under the direct primary system adopted by APC to pick governorship candidates.

Most members of the Lagos house of assembly are also loyal to Tinubu.

“Meeting is over. Ambode is out. Jide Sanyaolu Sanwonolu is the new governor of Lagos. All 57 local government chairman have signed his form. It’s over,” the source said.

TheCable could not independently verify this claim.


Ambode at the APC headquarters on Monday

On Monday, the governor, alongside some members of his cabinet, stormed the headquarters of the APC in Abuja to get expression of interest and nomination forms for his 2019 bid.

He later told some APC members that he was not tired and needed their support to continue in office beyond 2019.

“With your support, we have made Lagos a better place and changed the face of our state. I did not do it alone; we did it together, because you believed,” he had said.

“So, I humbly call you again, to give me your support as I seek to continue with your mandate to steer the affairs of our state. I ask you to believe again and together, let’s achieve more.”

However, Sanwonolu and Obafemi Hamzat, two prominent members of the APC in Lagos, also picked the nomination forms for the governorship election of 2019.

Sanwonolu, who served as a commissioner under Babatunde Fashola, Ambode’s predecessor, is currently the managing director of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC).

He is being backed by Mandate Movement, a group fiercely loyal to Tinubu.

At a meeting held after Sanwonolu picked up his nomination form, James Odunmbaku, an ally of Tinubu known as “Baba Eto” in the political circle, said “Sanwololu is the incoming governor of Lagos.”


Sanwonolu surrounded by members of Mandate Movement

There have been reports of a rift between Tinubu and Ambode. When the APC leader canvassed for direct primary in Lagos, rumors were rife that Ambode was one of the targets but both men have carried on as if all is well.

Hamzat, a former commissioner in the state, is also eyeing Ambode’s seat, having failed to secure the party’s ticket in 2015.

Heavyweights of the ruling party had rallied round Ambode who defeated Hamzat and Olasupo Sasore, the choice of Fashola, to clinch the ticket of APC in 2015.

Asked to comment on the latest development in the state, Joe Igbokwe, publicity secretary of Lagos APC, told TheCable: “Do you know that Ambode picked his nomination form yesterday? That puts to rest the speculations you’ve been hearing for years. Ambode is the man. Take it.”

Tunde Rahman, spokesman of Tinubu, promised to get back to TheCable when he was contacted but had not done so as of the time this report was filed.

Abib Haruna, chief press secretary to Ambode, was not available for comments, his telephone line was out of reach.

The latest development is coming at a time when an APC faction led by Fouad Oki is plotting to stop the primaries for the 2019 elections which are to commence across the country on Wednesday.

https://www.thecable.ng/ambode-faces-impeachment-over-second-term-bid

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that before Nigerians demand to see the changes he promised them during the 2015 election, they must first change their own attitude by shunning corruption and other social vices.

He adds that change is not about economic or social progress, but it is in terms of citizens’ personal behaviour.

Buhari said this while delivering a speech at the inauguration of the national re-orientation campaign tagged, ‘Change Begins With Me’ in Abuja on Thursday.

The President acknowledged that Nigeria is currently passing through a challenging period where hardly anything works normally.

He lamented that honesty, hard work and godliness had given way to all kinds of manifestations of lawlessness and degeneration in our national life.

Buhari said, “Our citizens must realise that the change they want to see begins with them, and that personal and social reforms are not a theoretic exercise. If you have not seen the change in you, you cannot see it in others or even the larger society.

“In other words, before you ask ‘Where is the change they promised us?’, you must first ask, ‘How far have I changed my ways? What have I done to be part of the change for the greater good of society?’

The President said his government had done well in the fight against corruption, adding that the fresh campaign was a way of getting Nigerians to join in the struggle.

He added, “The campaign we are about to launch today is all about the need for us to see change, not merely in terms of our economic, social progress but in terms of our personal behaviour on how we conduct ourselves, engage our neighbours, friends and generally how we relate with the larger society in a positive and definitive way and manner that promotes our common good and common destiny, change at home, change in work place, change at traffic junction, change at traffic lights, etc.”

He said the value system of the nation had been eroded and that was why students would prefer to embrace cultism rather than face their studies. He said it was for the same reason youths were vandalising oil pipelines thus robbing the nation of much-needed resources.


https://punchng.com/nigerians-must-enjoy-change-buhari/

Government of the saints by the theif for the saints

Yeye dey smell

Former Governor of Plateau state and a current senator, Joshua Dariye has purchased nomination form from prison for his re-election.



Dariye Obtained the All Progressive Congress, APC Senatorial Nomination form through his personal assistant, Itauna Dinka on Friday, September 7.



Dariye has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on June 12 through the federal capital territory (FCT) high court.



Dariye, a serving senator, will serve a two-year and 14-year jail term concurrently.

Adebukola Banjoko, the judge, did not give him an option of fine.



In 2007, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with money laundering.

He was accused of diverting N1.126bn from Plateau government’s ecological funds.

The former governor was said to have operated Ebenezer Reitner Ventures, an unregistered company through which he diverted the said funds.

In her ruling, the judge said: “I can’t imagine a brazen act of looting as in this case,” Banjoko said.

“I welled up while reading (the judgement) thinking of the victims, it is a litany of woes. They were adults making rational choices. More importantly, I think what touches me the most, your family, they are victims.

https://newsflash247.com.ng/2018/09/09/2019-joshua-dariye-obtains-apc-nomination-form-from-prison/

he alleged resignation of the Accountant General of Osun State, Mr. Alaba Kolawole, has sparked controversies and allegation of fraud against the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led government in the state.

There are claims that the Accountant General, who celebrated his 60 birthday in July, was granted an extension of service by the governor until October but Kolawole reportedly tendered his resignation on Friday.


He was said to have written letters to some commercial banks that they should no longer honour any cheque bearing his signature starting from Monday, September 10.

But the Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, when contacted told our correspondent that the accountant general did not resign but that he retired on the account of clocking the mandatory age of 60.

The commissioner later issued a statement on Kolawole’s retirement and said Aregbesola had accepted the resignation and wished him well in his future endeavours.

The statement read, “The Accountant General of the State of Osun, Mr. Alaba Kolawole, has retired from the service.

“Mr. Kolawole retired from service, having gotten to the threshold age of 60 years a few weeks back, in line with the civil service rules and practice.

“He had served the state meritoriously in various capacities since he joined the service some decades ago and he was appointed the Accountant General of the state by Governor Rauf Aregbesola in 2012 when he reached the pinnacle of his career.

“Mr. Kolawole was known to be diligent and hard-working in his duties while in office and the service will miss him and his contributions.”



But the Peoples Democratic Party in the state has linked the alleged sudden resignation of Kolawole to the secret release of N16.67bn election fund to Osun State by the All Progressives Congress-controlled Federal Government.

The state Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Soji Adagunodo, who said this in a statement, also called on anti-corruption agencies to investigate the development.

Adagunodo added that the issue also confirmed the several concerns raised by the PDP about the manner in which Aregbesola had been handling the finances of the state in the last eight years.

The PDP also berated the Federal Government for allegedly secretly funding the APC election through a selective disbursement of Paris Club refund to Osun State.

The statement read, “The sudden and controversial resignation of the Accountant General of Osun State, Mr Alaba Kolawole, is linked to the secret disbursement of a sum of N16.67bn election funds to the state by the Federal Government.


“We also have it on good authority that top officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Accountant General have raised concerns about the manner in which Governor Aregbesola is applying another N13bn recently refunded to Osun State for federal roads purportedly rehabilitated by the state.”

The opposition party expressed surprise at why the governor had not paid arrears of workers’ 34 months salaries and pensions.

https://punchng.com/n16bn-refund-osun-ag-resigns-warns-banks-against-withdrawals/

There are concerns over the steady decline of Nigeria’s foreign reserves since the last three months despite the rise in oil prices and accruals from foreign bonds issuance.

Exclusive findings by LEADERSHIP Sunday showed that the reserves recorded a huge decline from $47,787,183,153 billion where it was on June 22, 2018 to a “worrying” point of $45,468,258,469 billion on Thursday, September 6.

The reserves took a bullish peak between May 18 – when it was $47.799 billion, and June 21 – when it had the last high figure of $47,784,255,384 billion, according to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Apart from oil which accounts for about 80 per cent of Nigeria’s foreign reserves, the federal government is also hoping to borrow N849 billion (denomination in dollars) from the foreign market to finance the N1.6 trillion budget deficit. Experts have blamed the continuous decline in reserves on three factors: increased dollar supply by the CBN to the foreign exchange market, instability in the nation’s securities and exchange market, and the coming general elections in the country.

Those who spoke with LEADERSHIP Sunday on the development at the weekend expressed worry that the situation could have negative implications on the fragile growth of the economy and consumer demand.

They said the decline in the external reserves would persist in the short term as demand for the green back grows amid the continued intervention of CBN in order to curtail the pressure on the naira at both the I&E and BDC segments as well as the expected increased demand by portfolio investors who have been reported to be leaving the country ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Transactions on the floor of the equities reportedly took a bearish direction last week, with most highly capitalised securities not left out in the price nosedive, a development that forced market capitalisation to lose by about N4 billion in the weeklong trading. By the close of business on Friday, the stock market had fallen further by 0.88 per cent amid sustained profit taking activity.

The All–Share Index shed 304.15 absolute points, representing a decline of 0.88 per cent to close at 34,110.22 points. Also, the market capitalisation declined by N111 billion to close at N12.453 trillion. The fall was ascribed to profit-taking by investors or shareholders. LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that Nigeria operates a relatively regulated foreign exchange regime.

The CBN had intensified injection of hard currencies into the forex market since it signed a currency swap deal with the Peoples Bank of China to ease pressure on the Nigerian foreign exchange market. On Friday, the Central Bank injected the sum $303.91 million into the interbank retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales.

This is in addition to the sale of CNY 46.58 million in the spot and short-tenored forwards. The director, Corporate Communications at the CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, said the releases were for the payment of Renminbi denominated Letters of Credit for agriculture and raw materials. He added that the sales in the Chinese Yuan were through a combination of spot and short-tenored forwards, arising from bids received from authorised dealers.

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/09/09/foreign-reserves-decline-by-2-3bn-in-11-weeks/

APC Official Home AFfairs Presidential Candidate: Professor Yemi Osinbajo

APC Travelling and Foreign Affairs Presidential Candidate: PM Buhari

The All Progressives Congress APC has appointed the Vice President Yomi Osinbajo to represent President Muhammadu Buhari in all the Nigerian Presidential debates towards the 2019 general election.

The party added that President Buhari has nothing to debate with anyone, therefore the need to replace him with the Vice President.

Buhari has avoided the regular Presidential media briefing after the near-disaster one he had months after assuming office.

It is noted that President Buhari’s assumed live broadcasts were all pre-recorded.

http://newsbreakng.com/2018/09/08/2019-presidential-debate-apc-appoints-osinbajo-represent-buhari/

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has challenged the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, to a debate on national issues on any national television.



Mr Saraki presented the challenge, alleging that many people in the media believe he (Mr Nabena) is a robot and does not have a face.

His statement was in reaction to another earlier released by Mr Nabena on behalf of the APC where he said Nigerians are tired of Mr Saraki’s retrogressive politics and deserve no more.

He had also said Mr Saraki’s presidential declaration is his tactic to deflect attention from the deluge of issues he deals with particularly ahead of the 2019 General Elections i.e. pressure to reconvene the National Assembly, a fast shifting political order in Kwara State, among others.



The APC spokesperson described the senate president as an abysmal failure and incompetent candidate of leadership as well as guilty of budget padding, among others.

“A Presidential aspirant who promises to create jobs and turn around the economy at the national level, must have done so in a state he served as Governor for eight years. We challenge Saraki to give the nation his scorecard as a Kwara State,” part of the statement read.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Mr Saraki said he “will not be distracted by the antics of an upstart who lives in Abuja but waits to sign press statements composed for him from Lagos.”

He further said he does not have any credibility issues except the ones concocted by the “putative demagogues” to whom he (Mr Saraki) has become a nightmare.

“Meanwhile, Mr Yekinni Nabena should know by now that many people on the media believe he is a robot and has no face. Here is an opportunity for him to come out of his hiding and come on a national television to debate all the issues he has raised with one of the aides of the Senate President.

“We hope he will take up this challenge and stop behaving like a masquerade. He is free to choose any independent TV station of his choice.

“When his masters show their face, we will debate all the issues they have raised and the ones they may wish to even concoct,” the statement said.

The lawmaker wondered what APC’s business with an aspirant of another party was.

“The truth is APC is scared stiff of the possibility of a Saraki candidacy. Fortunately, they have no role in deciding that.”

When contacted, Mr Yekinni accepted the challenge as he asked him (Mr Saraki) to take on the leadership of the APC.

“Is it his aides that will argue for him? What about himself? I am challenging him to come out and debate on national issues with the leadership of the APC.

“He has declared for presidency. If he feels he knows what he will go and do there, he should come out and tell Nigerians. It’s not by bringing his aides. Are they the ones running for presidency?

“APC is ready to take him up on any issue. He believes that he doesn’t have any issue apart from his personal and selfish interest,” he said.

Mr Yekinni further stressed that the senate president doesn’t care about Nigerians because if he does, “he won’t shut down national assembly for months.”

Both the lawmaker and the opposition party have verbally attacked each other since Mr Saraki announced his exit from the APC as well as his declaration to run for the office of the president in the 2019 general election.


https://www.nigeriancablenewsonline.com/politics/2019-saraki-challenges-apcs-spokesperson-to-debate-on-national-tv/#more-10656

Fashola s working

Buhari is the best

This is Nigeria

Though Buhari is a strong leader, Nigeria needs competent, not strong leaders —Jega
• says just like weak leaders, strong leaders destroy institutions of governance
• clamours for competent and assertive leader in 2019 Election
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August 28, 2018
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Abuja
The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof Attahiru Jega , says Nigeria needs competent and assertive leaders and not necessarily strong leaders .
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According to Jega , an incompetent leader who is strong will end up destroying institutions .
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The former INEC boss said this at the 58 th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja on Monday .
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He said , “What we require most are the competence and capacity of leaders to take decisions and be assertive in ensuring that those decisions are actually implemented, not the kind of strong leadership steering our nation presently.
So , we have to be very careful in thinking that a strong leader can really help .
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“Just like a weak leader can wreck an institution , a strong leader , who has just that power and courage , but lacks the capacity, ability and competence to lead, can also wreck strong institutions .
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“Competence of leadership is a very important variable in bringing about the stable political transition , good governance and deepening of democracy .”
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The former INEC boss , who superintended the 2011 and 2015 general elections , said politicians must stop treating elections as a do -or -die affair .
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He recalled that a former President once said elections must be do- or -die , an incident he described as most unfortunate.
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Jega also said there was a need for agencies of government to shun partisanship as this weakened institutions and eroded public confidence .
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He added , “We must emphasise professionalism , impartiality and non -partisanship. This is because quite too often, you have good and strong institutions , but once partisanship is introduced and partiality become the norm, as many public institutions in this country , then those institutions would not be able to deliver effectively on their mandates .”
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The former INEC chairman said there was a need for law enforcement agencies and the judiciary to be alive to their responsibilities , adding that the integrity of the electoral process must be preserved and protected .
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Jega added “From my experience, I am convinced that electoral integrity is key to stable political transition and to ensuring that there is a framework for good governance and societal development . Electoral integrity is not just about the integrity of the election management body . It is also the integrity with which the key stakeholders engage with the electoral process ."
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https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-competent-not-strong-leaders-jega/

The United Kingdom has informed that her position about returning looted funds is that Nigeria cannot be trusted with its money, saying that’s what underpins it poor asset return rate and it has to be addressed.

Philip Hackett, a Queen’s Counsel, said this is the reservations of the UK, when it comes to returning looted funds to Nigeria.

Speaking on the theme: ‘Institutionalising the War against Corruption – New Approaches to Assets Tracing and Recovery’, at the Annual General Conference of the NBA in Abuja on Wednesday, Hackett said the issues with accounting for the funds also contributed to the UK’s hesitation on returning looted funds.


He said: “How much money has been recovered? Practically nothing. Nigeria has recovered so little.

“The UK’s position is that Nigeria cannot be trusted with its money. That’s what underpins it (poor asset return rate), and it has to be addressed.”


The session was chaired by Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), and featured the presence of Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the EFCC, who was represented by Chile Okoroma, EFCC’s Director of Legal and Prosecution Department.

In his address, Magu lamented “poor record keeping system”, noting that it is difficult to estimate how much has been looted from the country.

He said: “It is difficult to estimate what Nigeria has lost because we have poor record keeping system.


“Lawyers have been involved in money laundering; laundering of proceeds of crime. When they were asked to register with the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SVUML) for regulation, they went to court. NBA said it could regulate itself. But how far has NBA gone in regulating itself? That is the issue.



“I think the NBA Disciplinary Committee should be up and doing. I get embarrassed when NBA descends heavily on lawyers who are not considered to be significant, but they turn a blind eye to what big-time counsels are doing.


“I think they have to do their work without looking at faces, no matter whose ox is gored. That is the only way that we can have confidence and respect for the disciplinary committee.”


http://newsbreakng.com/2018/08/31/buharis-govt-cannot-trusted-looted-funds-returned-u-k/

buharitill2023:
i don't know why the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of bia-fra terrorist lives depend on "likes" in social media.

Typical BMC

Massdamm:
that is whr deji problems started ;Dthat is whr deji problems started

How?

Deji Adeyanju n let BMC catch you hooo

APC have no other business for Nigerian again, na saraki be them problem at the moment

This is what happen when a lifeless tyrant are in power

Kwankwanso Denied The Usage of Eagles square

The Eagle square management gave the complain that it is working hour.

This is after the initial approval for it's usage

johnmartus:
Look at them I think they have change from their crooked act. Give me this form free I will throw it inside bin , useless and failure form.buy it at your own risk,if you know you.

Who send you.

You have not given any reason why the form should be given to you free

Special Announcement Sale of Party Forms for 2019 General Elections (All Categories)
The NAtional working Committee (NWC) of the People Democratic PArty (PDP) annouces that the sale of Expression of INterest an Nomination Forms for the 2019General Eelction has commenced.

in line with the PArty Guidelines for the conduct of Party Primaries for the 2019 General Elctions, as approved by National Executive Committee (NEC), the details are as follows:

S/NO Categories expression of interest Nomination Total
1. Presidential N2,000,000= N10,000,000= N12,000,000=
2. Governoship N1,000,000= N5,000,000= N6,000,000=
3. Senate N500,000= N3,000,000= N3,500,000=
4. HOuse of Rep N500,000= N1,000,000= N1,500,000=
5. House of Assembly N100,000= N500,000= N600,000=
6. National Delegate N20,000= N20,000=
7. 3 Ad-hoc Delegates N5,000= N5,000=

Purchase of Form:
(a) All interested aspirants for Presidential. Governorship, Senate and House of Representatives election are to purchase their forms from the office of teh NAtional Financial Secretary, at the National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza Zone 5, Abuja

(b) All interested aspirants for State Houses of Assembly elections are to purchase their forms at the National Secretariat or their respective State part Secretariats
(c) all interested aspirants for the respective National/Ad-Hoc delegates are to purchase their forms at the National or State Secretariats.

Modality for collection and Submission of Form
(a) Categories: Presidential and Governorship
Collection: National Secretariat Abuja
Submission: National Secretariat Abuja

(b) Categories: State and House OF Representatives
Collection: National Secretariat Abuja
Submission: National Secretariat Abuja

(c) Categories: House of Assembly
Collection: National or State Secretariat
Submission: State Secretariat

(D) Categories: Delegates Forms
Collection: National or State Secretariat
Submission: State Secretariat

(5) WAIVERS:
(a) all female aspirants are exempted from payment for purchase of nomination forms for all offices except National and 3 Ad-hoc delegates categories
(b) in line with the constitution of the party, the NWC acting on behalf of the NEC, reviewed downwards the cost of nomination form for House of Representatives from N2,000,000= to N1,000,000=. This is in keeping with its promise to enhance the inclusion of young persons in the democratic prcess. #NotTooYoungtoRun!

(6) Closing:

all forms are to be collected and submitted on or before the close of work on the 6th September, 2018

Signed:

Col. Austin Akobundu (Rtd.)
(National Organizing Secretary)

Butterflyleo:
You seem to have an echo between your ears.

Did I say PMB BEGAN IT?

Gej had 8 years to deliver it but failed and PMB is delivering it in 3 years and you still cannot see how foolish you sound.

Wailers united

Confession of liars.

No u never said.

But did you said when IT was initiated, the completion level by may 20I5.


Awon iran liar-mohammed

Butterflyleo:
You seem to have an echo between your ears.

Did I say PMB BEGAN IT?

Gej had 8 years to deliver it but failed and PMB is delivering it in 3 years and you still cannot see how foolish you sound.

Wailers united

Seem liar is ur middle name.


Where is your completed pictures.

Liar-Mohammed lineage

Butterflyleo:
LOKOWETO BRIDGE connecting Nassarawa and Benue will be fully opened to the public for use in November 2018.

The bridge measures 2.2 kilometers.

PMB 2019 its gonna be good!!!!

Chai son of Lie-mohammed

BMC in there usual mode this evening.


Buhari must debate wheither he likes it or not