Local government elections are conducted by state electoral commissions. They are not conducted by INEC. The Kaduna State Government is purchasing electronic voting machines for the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) to use in conducting the local government elections in Kaduna on May 12th. According to them, it will be the first time that electronic voting machines are used in Nigeria.
El-Rufai introduces electronic voting to Nigeria, says APC deserves to win Kaduna LG elections
May 4, 2018 Press Release
In a record-setting move, the local government elections in Kaduna State are to be conducted using Electronic Voting Machines.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai said his government has invested considerable sums in electronic voting because the All Progressives Congress (APC) believes votes must count
Mr. El-Rufai was speaking at the flag-off of the APC’s campaign for the local government elections in the state. The ceremony, which held at the Kaduna Township Stadium, had in attendance John Oyegun, national chairman of the APC; Zainab Ahmed, minister of state, budget and national planning, and senior officials of the Kaduna APC.
“We have made the most significant investment ever to promote electoral integrity and transparency in Nigeria. Our local government elections will be the first ever in Nigeria conducted by electronic voting,” the governor said.
“By introducing electronic voting machines, this government is affirming its democratic credentials, a firm belief that people’s vote must count.”
Acknowledging that INEC’s introduction of the card reader for the 2015 elections helped promote electoral integrity, Mr. El-Rufai said Kaduna is now taking it a step further to bring full electronic voting.
Mr. El-Rufai disclosed that the APC is making life better in Kaduna State.
He said the APC government in Kaduna State has in three years worked hard to overcome the legacy of sorrow that PDP left.
He reminded the people that 16 years of PDP rule left most public schools without furniture and other amenities.
To move the state forward, the APC has 1293 projects at various stages of completion across the state, he said, adding that the projects are being funded by unprecedented levels of capital spending.
“In each of the two full budget years we have had, 2016 and 2017, this government has spent more than N60bn on schools, hospitals, roads and water projects.”
“This injection of at least N120bn of budgetary investments into our state comes at a difficult period of national economic challenges. But we have been able to this because we have overthrown the corrupt legacy of the PDP; because the purpose of government has been rightly adjusted to making life better for our people through a commitment to their Education, Health, Jobs and Security.”
Speaking on the imminent LG elections in the state, Mr. El-Rufai disclosed that the APC is confident that the people will entrust the 23 local governments in the party that has given them life.
“As firm believers in democracy at the local level, we have invested considerable time in making our local governments fit for purpose,” he said.
“It is no exaggeration to affirm that we have reinvented the local government system.
“We inherited a system where many of our local government councils were so over-bloated that at least eight of them could not pay salaries without state government support. That system was so perverse that funds were illegally squeezed from solvent councils to pay bankrupt councils.
“By changing the laws, and removing their excess personnel burdens, all of our 23 local government councils are now solvent, able to pay their own staff and still have enough funds left to delivers services and projects. We have set our local government councils free from years of bankruptcy!”
The offices of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission were recently gutted by fire. But the government says it is resolutely supporting SIECOM’s determination to hold the election as scheduled.
APC national chairman, Mr. Oyegun, who handed flags to the party’s chairman candidates, said he is proud to be present on the day electronic voting was introduced in Nigeria. Mr. Oyegun received into the APC prominent politicians and their supporters who have decamped from the PDP.
Mr. El-Rufai said the local government elections present an opportunity for Kaduna State voters to permanently retire the politicians of deceit and selfishness who are blocking the progress of the state, and impeding service delivery to ordinary people.
1) L-R: Minister of State Budget Zainab Ahmed, Ummi El-Rufai, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Chief John Oyegun; Kaduna State Deputy Governor Barnabas Bala and Finance Commissioner Suleiman Abdu Kwari at the flag-off of the Kaduna APC’s local government election campaign.
2) Acting Chairman APC Kaduna State Shuaibu Idris, APC NationalChairman Chief John Oyegun and Governor Nasir El-Rufai at the flag-off of the APC Kaduna’s local government election campaign. Credit: KDSG Media
3) L-R: Minister of State Budget Zainab Ahmed, Ummi El-Rufai, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Chief John Oyegun; Kaduna State Deputy Governor Barnabas Bala and Finance Commissioner Suleiman Abdu Kwari at the flag-off of the Kaduna APC’s local government election campaign
It's on NTA International News. Around 20 of the robbers have been arrested. The pictures of the robbers celebrating were taken from the mobile phone of one of the arrested suspects.
It is believed that these 4 persons were the ring leaders of the robbers. These 4 persons have been placed on Interpol watch list.
Hope police has not done the usual and released the arrested criminals.
Also, there was the news that the DPO was informed by the hotel manager where the criminals lodged before the operation. Where is the DPO now?
Some accounts of the robbery by eyewitnesses, the media and the police stated that there were 25 or more armed robbers. The police stated that they had arrested some of the robbers. They didn’t state that they had arrested all the robbers. There are only 4 people in these pictures.
Heavily armed robbers attacked 5 banks and a police station in Offa, Kwara State on April 5th, killing 9 policemen and several civillians.
The police have now released pictures of the robbers and offered a five million naira reward to anybody that provides information that leads to the arrest of the robbers.
Ishilove: What in God's name was Buhari signing? I have never seenTrump this happy, especially with visiting African leaders.
Who knows, Buhari may have been signing away part of our national heritage without knowing, hence the positively insidious look of satisfaction on DT's smiling visage.
DT could be saying in his heart, "I got the shithole by the balls!!"
Just saying, not hating.
That's the way Trump usually looks at signing ceremonies (usually followed by adjectives like greatest, best, beautiful, biggest, etc). There's really nothing special about it.
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been absent from games produced by Electronic Arts (EASports) for almost ten years. EASports produces the famous FIFA series of games (FIFA 16, FIFA 17, etc.). There have been rumours that the NFF sold the exclusive rights to the Super Eagles to Konami which produces the less popular Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series of games.
Well there's good news. The Super Eagles of Nigeria are featured on the FIFA 18 World Cup update. This development was announced by EASports.
The Consumer Protection Council on Tuesday warned against the consumption of medication containing an opiate, codeine, without medical prescription.
A statement by Babatunde Irukera, Director General of the CPC, said codeine is an opiate, and one of many in the opioids family classified as a narcotic substance, although not an illegal drug.
Codeine is largely used as a pain reliever and cough suppressant. As such, it is an active ingredient in some expectorants or cough syrups.
The council said in exercise of the regulatory authority of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), expectorants/cough syrups containing codeine may not be dispensed as non-prescriptive Over the Counter (OTC) medication.
It added that it is illegal and a violation of law to attempt to purchase as well as dispense any such medication, except exclusively in accordance with prescription by a qualified and legitimate medical practitioner.
“Any possession, delivery or provision of these medications in the absence of a prescription, or legal acquisition but dispensing to a person other than whom it is specifically prescribed for, is a violation of law, constitutes drug abuse, and presents significant medical risks including possible injury, risky behaviour, addiction, and in extreme cases (especially pediatrics), fatality,” the CPC said.
“In particular, Codeine is implicated in serious adverse effects when taken with, or contemporaneously with alcohol or carbonated drinks. These methods of mixtures negatively interact and have become a serious and dangerous pattern which pose significant risks of debilitating side effects including respiratory difficulties, nervous system deficiencies and mental impairment.
“Emerging professional medical and regulatory preference is to prohibit prescription of cough medication containing codeine to minors because of its properties and propensity to promote addiction and other exposure to illegal drug use.”
The CPC advised that cough medication with codeine should be prescribed, dispensed and administered in an abundance of caution and only in strict compliance with professional medical direction, and in any case not prescribed for, dispensed to, or administered to minors.
“The Council also reminds consumers that violation of law with respect to dispensing, possessing and consuming illegal drugs, or legal drugs illegally is criminal and may subject offenders to apprehension, detention and prosecution, including by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and upon conviction, a sentence to a term of imprisonment,” the statement said.
Cocaine, morphine and other drugs to which this Part applies
7. Power to make regulations controlling the handling of cocaine and certain other drugs
(1) For the purpose of preventing the improper use of the drugs to which this Part applies, the President may make regulations for controlling the importation, exportation, transit, manufacture, sale, possession and distribution of those drugs and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, for‐
(a) prohibiting the manufacture of any drug to which this part applies except on premises licensed for the purpose and subject to any conditions specified in the licence; and
(b) prohibiting the manufacture, sale or distribution of any such drug except by persons licensed or otherwise authorised under the regulations and subject to any conditions specified in the licence or authority; and
(c) regulating the issue by medical and dental practitioners, and veterinary surgeons of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescriptions; and
(d) requiring persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of any such drug to keep such books and furnish such information either in writing or otherwise as may be prescribed.
(2) The regulations under this section shall provide for authorising any person who lawfully keeps open shop for the retailing of poisons in accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act‐ [Cap. P17.]
(a) to manufacture at the shop in the ordinary course of his retail business any preparation, admixture, or extract of any drug to which this Part applies; or
(b) to carry on at the shop the business of retailing, dispensing, or compounding any such drug, subject to the power of the Minister of Health to withdraw the authorisation in the case of a person who has been convicted of an offence against this Act, and who cannot, in the opinion of the Minister of Health, properly be allowed to carry on the business of manufacturing or selling or distributing, as the case may be, any such drug.
(3) Nothing in any regulations made under this section shall be taken to authorise the mixing, compounding, preparing, dispensing or selling of poisons by any person who is not qualified in that behalf under, or otherwise in accordance with, the provisions of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act or be in derogation of the provisions of that Act, for prohibiting, restricting or regulating the mixing, compounding, preparing, dispensing and selling of poisons.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Indian Hemp Act relating respectively to medical preparations of Indian hemp and to Indian hemp in transit and its diversion, nothing in any regulations made under this section shall render lawful anything which is an offence under the Indian Hemp Act.
4) The President may by order apply Part III of this Act, with such modifications as may be specified in the order, to any of the following drugs, that is to say, methylmorphine (commonly known as codeine), ethylmorphine (commonly known as dionin) and their respective salts.
Codeine is an opiate used for its analgesic (pain reliever) and more commonly antitussive effect(cough suppressant) in cough syrups. Codeine containing cough syrups are effective in the management of certain cough.
However, it has a high potential for abuse and may present some serious adverse reactions to the user. For these reasons, access to codeine containing cough syrups has been restricted in several countries. Some of the known adverse effects of codeine include: respiratory depression; hallucination and physical dependence as a result of continued use.
NAFDAC is working with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) and National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development(NIPRD) to arrest the increasing abuse of these cough syrups in Nigeria. NAFDAC is embarking on massive public enlightenment campaign on the dangers of abuse of codeine containing medicines in Nigeria.
The Agency has put in place strategy to limit the supply and distribution of codeine containing cough syrups in Nigeria. Prescribers and dispensers are encouraged to prescribe and dispense these cough syrups rationally. Consumers are advised to take codeine containing cough syrups only on prescription by health care professionals.
Pharmacy Guild of Australia says consumers unhappy about over-the-counter ban that will apply from 1 February
An impending ban on over-the-counter codeine products has sparked an increase in consumer complaints and fears patients are stockpiling it.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has decided to follow the lead of the United States and many European nations and require a prescription for codeine products. The changes sparked objections in the Coalition party room in October but is set to apply from 1 February.
The Consumer Health Forum supports the change to tackle dependence on opioids and the risk of overdose.
But the forum’s policy manager, Jo Root, said it had received anecdotal reports that people were stockpiling codeine products such as Nurofen Plus ahead of the ban.
Prescription drugs misused by 1 million Australians in year, report shows
“There is some evidence they are buying as many packets as they can get their hands on,” she said. “It’s not the outcome we wanted but it’s what happens when you give people notice of an impending ban.”
Pain Australia is running a campaign, Real Relief, that argues alternatives are more effective and prepares consumers for the impending ban.
The chief executive of Pain Australia, Carol Bennett, said the campaign’s message was that “codeine is not particularly effective for long-term chronic pain”.
“If you’re using codeine for longer than three days, that should be a wake-up call: what else do I need to be doing to manage my pain?” she said. “One of the [issues] around codeine use is it does create a dependence ... It’s very difficult if you’re reliant on codeine for pain relief. It’s scary to look for an alternative [patients] think won’t be effective.
Bennett is less concerned about stockpiling, because some drug companies have stopped supplying over-the-counter variants and pharmacies have stopped ordering them, so they are already unavailable in many chemists.
A spokesman for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Greg Turnbull, said “a lot of consumers are not happy about it at all”, with big spikes in complaints after media reports on the ban.
“Lots of people use codeine safely and appropriately to deal with migraines, toothache and period pain,” he said. “A bureaucracy telling them ‘No, you can’t have that’ won’t be well received.”
Turnbull said TGA statistics showed about 80% of codeine consumers bought only 20% of the volume, meaning the majority were using it safely, but the figures suggested possible inappropriate use among the other 20% of consumers.
“The people who say they use it every week are exactly those who shouldn’t be, but the majority using it safely are not being taken into consideration.”
Turnbull said codeine should not be sold in dangerous amounts and 70% of pharmacies used a system of real-time recording to prevent patients buying too much.
That safeguard would be lost when the ban came into place, he said, because there was no real-time recording for prescription medicines, raising the risk of “doctor-shopping”.
“No doctor knows if you have gone to a different doctor the day before to get a script for the same medicine.”
'We were powerless to save him': Australia's losing battle with prescription drugs
But Turnbull said the Pharmacy Guild had accepted they were a fait accompli and would work to implement the changes.
Root said CHF had received a handful of complaints from patients worried about pain relief after February because they “need” codeine but said they should be directed to a medical professional.
Of the group of Liberal MPs who raised concerns in the party room, Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson said they would wait to see how consumers responded to the ban.
“They’ll go through the process and be told you need a prescription – then I expect a pushback,” Wilson said.
The Liberal MP Craig Kelly said several chemists in his electorate had run out of codeine and faced “very upset” consumers who were told to get a prescription.
Kelly is concerned by doctor shopping, arguing “demand finds another way around the barrier” and wants a review of the ban’s effectiveness after it is in place.
A BBC documentary titled “Sweet Sweet Codeine” recently exposed the problem of codeine addiction amongst Nigerian youths and the drug dealers that fuel this addiction. In the documentary, a sales representative of Emzor Pharmaceuticals was caught on camera illegally selling codeine to the BBC’s undercover reporter and boasting about how the drugs that he was supplying them were “straight from the oven”.
Emzor Pharmaceuticals has now released a statement about the documentary.
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Emzor Pharmaceuticals is a responsible and ethical company with over 120 lines including Emzolyn with Codeine under licence from NAFDAC. Emzor is treating the findings of the BBC documentary with the upmost seriousness and has launched a full and through investigation. Emzor adheres fully to the documentation guidelines for the handling, production, storing and distribution of products containing codeine.
Our staff are trained on the controlled status of codeine and codeine products and supply guidelines. Emzor is not involved in the direct sales to individual members of the public. Emzor does not sanction the supply of Emzolyn with Codeine in any way that breaches the Dangerous Drugs Act or NAFDAC guidelines. Emzor’s daily production is below 0.5% of the reported estimated daily amounts of codeine reportedly consumed in Kano and Jigawa States. The Sales Rep depicted in the BBC video was initially placed on suspension and has now been summarily dismissed following an investigation. Any representations made by the Sales Rep are in breach of company policy and ethics and were undertaken independently by him.
The distribution of Emzolyn with Codeine has been suspended pending the results of a full and thorough internal investigation. We hope the findings of the documentary will shed further light on the extent and impact of the illicit trade and consumption of codeine. We hope that full stakeholder engagement will result in impactful action against the abuse, smuggling and faking of drugs on the continent. Thank you.
naptu2: Institutional memory and ecology of administration.
One of the things that amazes me in this country is that we often solve problems, then forget that we've solved the problem and, more importantly, forget how we solved the problem and so we re-introduce that problem.
Someone asked a question a few days ago and I was happily surprised that everybody else knew the answer.
She asked why the beautiful new bus stops in Lagos did not have benches. People replied with the short answer, but I'm going to tell the story from the beginning.
Sometime between 1983-1985 the Lagos State Government built big new bus stop shelters across the state. These shelters were built with concrete, were quite roomy (so you'd be sheltered, no matter how heavy the rain was) and had enough benches to seat a reasonable number of commuters. It seemed like a perfect idea.
But, unfortunately these bus stop shelters became the homes of lunatics, area boys, homeless people and NURTW thugs. Commuters could not seek shelter in them because of the kind of people that occupied the shelters. They became dangerous places, especially at night. It was so bad that some of the shelters were eventually dismantled (eg, the bus stop shelter on First Avenue in Ikoyi).
Subsequent governments (Marwa and Fashola) built much smaller bus stop shelters, so that commuters would be sheltered from the sun and rain, but the shelters would be too small to serve as homes for lunatics and thugs. The government had learnt.
Ambode's huge mistake
Twice a week, very early in the morning between 1979-1983, I watched payloaders, bulldozers, compactors and humoungous trucks of the Lagos State Waste Disposal Board (LSWDB) evacuate refuse from a huge dump in Lafiaji as I drove past. Those giant equipment often held up traffic. There were many similar refuse dumps and large waste bins across Lagos.
Despite the efforts of the LSWDB, Lagos was known as the dirtiest city in the world. Foreign TV stations, newspapers and magazines often showed pictures of refuse heaps in Lagos. Most Nigerians felt that Lagos wasn't really as bad as it was being portrayed in the Western media.
Rasaki came and his era wasn't too different from Jakande. However, I noticed that the LSWDB did not evacuate refuse as regularly as they used to. Rasaki eventually converted the LSWDB into LAWMA and placed the management of LAWMA in the hands of the local governments.
Then came the worst era in the history of Lagos. LAWMA completely stopped evacuating refuse during the Oyinlola era. Those large waste bins overflowed with refuse and the trash took over entire streets. The dumps became so full of waste that people dumped their waste anywhere, including on the median of major highways like Ikorodu Road and Lekki Expressway. People relied on cart pushers to evacuate their waste for them. No sane person could dispute the fact that Lagos was the dirtiest city in the world at that time. Colonel Oyinlola recently claimed that people deliberately dumped refuse on the streets in order to sabotage his government.
Things weren't much different in the Marwa era.
Then came Bola Tinubu. He scrapped the practice of having large waste dumps and bins by the roadside. He also banned the activities of cart pushers. Instead, private companies were given franchises to go from home to home to collect refuse from residents. The franchisees would then take the refuse to LAWMA's transfer loading stations and LAWMA would dispose of the waste.
This meant that there was no need to have piles of rubbish on the roadside. Residents were compelled to pay a refuse tax and this meant that they had to use the service in order to get value for their money.
The refuse heaps across the state vanished! In fact, for the first time, the foreign media stopped referring to Lagos as the dirtiest city in the world.
Fashola came and improved the system a bit by ensuring that the private companies used compactors to transport the waste, rather than open trucks.
Now Ambode is here and he has brought back the huge waste bins and restricted the activities of the private companies. I understand what he is trying to do and he has good intentions, but those large waste bins on the road side are a very bad idea. There is no way that Lagosians will resist the temptation to turn them into large refuse dumps with waste spilling on to the streets. I've already seen it happen on Alexander Avenue. Very small waste bins are ok, but those large waste bins will be a disaster.
Those dumps, apart from being unhygenic and an eyesore, will be a PR disaster for him like they were for Colonel Oyinlola. The best strategy remains the strategy used by Bola Tinubu, i.e. intercept the waste in homes, factories and offices, before it gets on the street.
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, says the lingering issue of waste management in Lagos State will soon be resolved. Tinubu gave the assurance on Friday in Lagos during a meeting with the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAM), otherwise known as PSP. He said that there was the need to resolve the issue because of the immense contributions of the PSP operators to waste management in the state. Tinubu assured that he would reconcile all the stakeholders in his capacity as Grand Patron of AWAM to promote the business interests of waste managers and wellbeing of Lagosians.
”It is disappointing and sad that at this stage of our development, the matter should result into petition. It should have been continuity and progress. Whatever is the shortcoming, we will correct it. This will get to the governor latest by Monday, April 30. It is sad to see Olusosun dumpsite in dangerous smoke. As a grand patron of AWAM, I am concerned driving around Lagos and seeing built up refuse."
”I must say it is a challenge that is coming back and we will not allow that to happen. The government and governor is trying and responsive but the complexity of Lagos is compounding by the day,” he said.
The former governor of Lagos State noted that AWAM members travelled abroad to learn international best practices in waste management and applied such in the state. He assured that Ambode’s government would evolve the best solution that would work for the larger population.
”I challenge you to go and be ready in your various communities and lines and get ready to work. I appeal to you to maintain peace. The House of Assembly, the Government and the party will work together to promote your business interests. The only thing we can do is to encourage this kind of small scale business to grow. The governor might have been experimenting and it is not a shame to reverse to the former,” Tinubu said.
Earlier, the Chairman of AWAM, Mr Ola Egbeyemi, said that the waste crisis had become unprecedented, with increased volume of waste on Lagos streets, roads, highways and medians. Egbeyemi, who was represented by AWAM spokesman, Gbenga Adebola, said that the situation had taken Lagos back to pre-1999, when waste was competing with vehicular and pedestrian movements.
He appealed to the APC national leader to ensure that the PSP operators continued with the collection and transportation of both domestic and commercial waste.
According to him, the disposal facilities currently badly managed can be put into optimal use, where waste are sorted out in different waste components for recycling, composting and waste-to-energy activities.
”The government should provide enabling environment for us and any other investor by providing more waste infrastructure.
“These include Material Recovery Facilities, Recycling, Waste treatment facilities, Marine Waste management, Landfill management and other value chain, among others.
”Government should provide enforcement of environmental sanitation practices and ensure that the payment for services rendered by the PSP operators are promptly paid, adopting the current franchise system.
”Government should provide guarantees and other incentives to us to enable us invest more into the industry.
”Sir, you have done this before and we believe you can do this again.
”It was your love and belief in us, that made you invest in the Private Sector Participant (PSP) programme, adopting Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development model,” he said.
Between the Mighty Igor era and the Hulk Hogan era, there was the Von Erichs era.
The Von Erich family was a family of wrestlers that was very popular in Texas, Georgia and across the southern part of the US. Unfortunately many members of the family died suddenly (including three suicides) and this led to speculation about a "Von Erich curse".
Fritz Von Erich fought in the 1960s and he trained a lot of the famous wrestlers that we know today. His sons became famous in the 1980s and 1990s when they fought in the World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Kerry Von Erich later fought in the WWF in the 1990s.
David Von Erich (the leader) was hot headed, Kevin was mature and Kerry was a bit mature. In the WCCW it was said that David was the eldest, Kevin was the second born and Kerry was the third (kayfabe), but in real life Kevin was actually the eldest.
The main opponents of the Von Erichs were the Fabulous Freebirds. I saw an interview that Michael Hayes (the leader of the Freebirds) gave in the early 2000s in which he said that life was a little difficult for the Freebirds in Texas. Fans worshipped the Von Erichs and the Freebirds had to endure hostility from members of the public everyday.
1) From left to right: The Modern Day Warrior Kerry Von Erich (shot himself in 1993), their father Fritz Von Erich (died of cancer in 1997), Kevin Von Erich (only surviving member of the family), Chris Von Erich(in front. Chris shot himself in 1991), Mike (commited suicide via drug overdose in 1987) and David (died in 1984).
2) The Fabulous Freebirds. From left to right - Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts.
Proudlyngwa: Nice one from the LRU, but the need to make this drill more often, till it becomes a culture amongst their members.
Emergency simulation is not cheap, but it is worth it, I have saved a house from gas fire once, electrical fire twice. A car once and prevented certain incidents because I have gone through the drill over and over again.
Other states need to borrow a leaf from this.
Thanks Naptu2
Here's a video of their drill in Lekki. They hold these drills regularly.
Politics › Re: El-rufai Introduces Electronic Voting To Nigeria. by naptu2(op): 6:30am On May 06, 2018
