The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday in Abuja that, it would not be able to conduct the 2015 general elections in states under the state of emergency rule. The commission's

Chairman, Attahiru Jega, disclosed this at a stakeholders' forum on the preparation and challenges ahead of the 2015 general elections, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC.

Mr. Jega said that the decision by the commission was to avoid contravening the law.

The Federal Government had in November extended the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by six months. The emergency rule was initially imposed on those states by President Goodluck Jonathan due to the violence by the Boko Haram insurgents.

Mr. Jega, however, said that the commission was hopeful that the security situation in the affected states would improve before the 2015 general elections.

"We are working very closely with security agencies and our hope is that the security challenges in these areas will be long addressed before the 2015 elections.

"We hope that these challenges will be solved or dramatically reduced before 2015. What is clear is that, we cannot conduct elections under a period of emergency.

"If there is generalised insecurity, how can we hold elections? .It will be disrupted or people will not come out. Ideally, elections should not hold under a period of emergency," he said.

Mr. Jega said security was a systemic challenge, but stressed that the commission was working hand in hand with security agencies to ensure adequate security in 2015.

He, however, assured that preparations for the 2015 general elections were on top gear, adding that the commission would need about N92.9 billion to conduct the elections.

He said the commission projected to spend $7.9 (about N1,264) per voter for a total of 73.5 million voters.

He said that the projection represented a reduction of $1 (N160) as against the $8.8 (N1,478) that was projected in 2011, representing 10 per cent drop.

Mr. Jega said the commission was anxious to meet its funding requirements ahead of the elections, adding that it was also looking at the possibility of holding the elections between January and February, 2015 to allow for time to resolve all litigations.

The INEC boss said that the commission had so far prosecuted 200 electoral offenders.

"If you compare 200 successful prosecutions with the large number of electoral offenders, it is just a drop in the ocean.

"INEC does not have the capacity to handle a large number. We have been working with the NBA to get accelerated persecution of electoral offenders.

"We hope to persecute more before the 2015 elections. The largest number of offenders we have is with regards to multiple registrations," he said.

Mary Dan-Abia, a Director with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), however, stressed the need for adequate protection for corps members who would be engaged by the commission for the elections.

"Corps members are only ad hoc; they are not INEC staff; but since this is a national assignment, they are usually very enthusiastic about the job.

"However, politicians, INEC staff and members of the public tend to be antagonistic toward them to the point that they are abducted on their way to the polling unit and assaulted.

"We wish that everybody should be aware that they are doing a national assignment and so should not be looked at as enemies," she said.

Ms. Dan-Abia appealed to security agencies to ensure adequate security protection for the corps members before, during and after election.

The Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, advocated that N25 billion be appropriated to the 25 remaining political parties to encourage more serious parties to perform better.

Mr. Umeh described the allegations that APGA was given N8 billion by the presidency for the November 16, Anambra governorship polls as baseless and unfounded, adding that there was no iota of truth in it.

Earlier, Chairman of the committee, Andy Ubah (PDP-Anambra), said that it was important to address any lapses that might be observed, to strengthen the election management body for optimal performance in 2015.

"The 2015 general elections will be an important election for Nigeria, the sub-region and the rest of the international community.

"The burden of delivering on successful elections lay squarely on our shoulders," Mr. Ubah said.

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According to report gathered, there was unease in Niger State as a Federal Road Safety Corps officer on Thursday slumped at the passing out parade of trainees at the Police Training School in Minna.

 

Our Correspondent gathered that the officer, who was a member of the corps Colour Party could not bear standing under the scorching sun for over 90 minutes after the 'Matching in Review Order'.

One of the officers who noticed the uneasiness of the officer quickly beaconed on other officers but before they got to him, he slumped.

He was quickly replaced by another officer who immediately carried the Nigerian flag.

The officer was first rushed to under a shady mango tree, where other senior officers tried to resuscitate him.

When it appeared things were getting out of hand, he was quickly rushed out with a stationed ambulance belonging to the State Government to an undisclosed private hospital in Minna.

Unconfirmed report have it that doctors were still battling to revive him as at press time as various life saving gadgets were fixed on him.

As at the time of filing this report, all attempt to get official confirmation from the FRSC about the present state of the officer proved abortive as the spokesperson was said to be on leave and nobody could speak on his behalf.

Earlier, the State Commandant of the FRSC, Sunday Maku, said out of the 543 candidates that reported for the over five months training, only 440 actually passed in the state.

According to Maku: "Out of the figure, five were redeployed to FRSC Marshal Inspectors' Training School, Enugu State, while a total of eight were withdrawn during the course for various acts of indiscipline.

"During the period of their training, the trainees had courses on FRSC and Para-Military subjects, fitness and out door training exercises."

BREAKING NEWS: Police, Soldiers Stop Tinubu, Buhari, Others at INEC Office
Soldiers, riot policemen and other security agencies confronted the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during their march to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on November 28, 2013, Thursday.



After a strategic meeting in the APC’s new secretariat in Wuse 2, the Federal Capital Territory, which lasted about three hours, the party leaders took to the streets and embarked on a procession to INEC’s office in Maitama District.

The protesters however met a stiff resistance from stern-looking security operatives comprising the police, soldiers, SSS and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.

An armoured personnel carrier, marked NPF 6359 C, measuring about 40-feet long, was used to barricade the entrance to the commission’s office, while the driver of the truck and police officers were pelted with sachets of water by the APC youths.

In their separate speeches, the APC national Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; National Leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former chairman of ANPP, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd.), called for the sacking of INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, with immediate effect for his handling of the Anambra State governorship poll and the recent Delta State Senatorial by-election.

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