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2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by divinehand2003(m): 5:50am On Jul 30, 2021
Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to consider holding the 2023 general elections on the same day.

He said this would reduce cost and rigging.

Kalu said the presidential election, National Assembly, governorship and House of Assembly elections are better held simultaneously on the same day rather than holding them on different days.

A statement he personally signed in Abuja reads: “INEC should conduct the 2023 elections same day as staggered elections are unnecessarily expensive. The conduct of the elections in different days gives room for rigging, thuggery and several vices. It also puts the lives of the voters and INEC officials in intense danger.


“When elections are conducted on the same day, popular candidates will emerge because everyone will be busy in their polling units and zones, unlike on different days. The cost of running two days’ elections will also reduce.

“To deepen our democracy, we need to get the elections right. When leaders with genuine interests of the people are voted to power, they provide exceptional leadership and infrastructure to their people.”

Kalu, a former Abia State governor and first-time senator, was, in June, bestowed with the prestigious Senate award for constituency development in recognition of his impressive representation and expeditious implementation of constituency projects in his Abia North at the Senate Press Corps 2021 award ceremony.

https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-kalu-urges-inec-to-conduct-all-polls-in-one-day/

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Hangmnk: 5:51am On Jul 30, 2021
IPOB terrorist you'll never test the presidency

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Monogamy: 5:53am On Jul 30, 2021
All elections can't be held on same day.. Ko Le werk

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Ceenachi: 5:53am On Jul 30, 2021
You refused to vote for electronic transmission of result and here you are asking INEC to conduct all elections same day
Speaking from different side of the same mouth undecided

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by kuntash: 5:53am On Jul 30, 2021
Lol

No week passes without news of this man ..

And he don go jail sef , which is like prerequisites to do 2 terms at least grin grin grin
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Bedtec: 5:54am On Jul 30, 2021
Chief rigger himself , the best chameleon who ran away from E voting now here with his condolence massage

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by oluwaseunamos33(m): 5:54am On Jul 30, 2021
No be only one day, na half day. So that you can be able to rig the election abi?
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Authoreety: 5:55am On Jul 30, 2021
Gbam... To avoid influencing the others
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by elmessiahs(m): 5:55am On Jul 30, 2021
I support this, in order to cut cost, election in Nigeria is way too expensive

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Bedtec: 5:55am On Jul 30, 2021
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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Msnazzy: 5:55am On Jul 30, 2021
I cant believe impossible thing are now happening in this U.A.R cool
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by divinehand2003(m): 5:56am On Jul 30, 2021
This idea makes a lot of sense in our present political space.

This will make all politicians to fight for themselves alone and reduce the tendency to team up together to rig future elections as it is currently being done in Nigeria.

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Goldbw122(m): 5:56am On Jul 30, 2021
There is something fishing.
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by letristian: 5:56am On Jul 30, 2021
Hypocrite
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by temptnow: 6:02am On Jul 30, 2021
In a sane country this one would have been in prison for life, but see how lucky he is cos he's in a Zoo

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by FirstSon01: 6:03am On Jul 30, 2021
But you refused to pass e-voting bill??
Normally sef, he's not supposed to even be in the Senate.
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by tony0806: 6:05am On Jul 30, 2021
I fully concur

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by stunnert(m): 6:06am On Jul 30, 2021
He's saying this because it'll probably favor and aid the rigging plans of him and his political cohorts
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Princeton92(m): 6:06am On Jul 30, 2021
Na so though I support it and same time I don't....
To enable una multiple confusion and manipulation bah
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by metodman(m): 6:06am On Jul 30, 2021
Monogamy:
All elections can't be held on same day.. Ko Le werk


Please forget about the fact that he is a thief, they are all thieves. In fact I do not support him as I do not support 99% of our politicians.

Please forget about who he is or his tribe.... Let just analyze his ideas and reasons.


Now, may you please tell us why you think his suggestions are wrong. You can not just say they are wrong without giving reasons. Please tell us why you think they are wrong.

Thank you~

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Belcon(m): 6:06am On Jul 30, 2021
grin
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Obyangel: 6:07am On Jul 30, 2021
Great idea but why did APC vote against E-transmission of results?
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Ngasky(m): 6:08am On Jul 30, 2021
Ok. Actually this is a good idea. Because it will definitely reduce the incumbency pressure. Every single politician will be for himself there will be nothing like hiding unders others influence. A state assembly candidate will be busy in his constituent so he cant help the senator candidate. Likewise governor and president.
It will also reduce ballot snatching as the criminals have tobe in their respective areas they cant group and go to another location. So with less population the security and even the voters themselves can stop them.
The cost of conducting election will also reduce.
More suggestions if i may have my way are:
1. At every election the maximum number of candidates should not exceed 10 different candidates, preferably 5 candidate is ideal.
2. Any party that has zero house of assembly member/senator should not contest for next president/governor.
3. Any party that has no candidate in the state house of assembly should not contest for next senate/house of reps.
4. All parties should contest local government/ councillor positions.
5. Any party that contest and fails to get 20,000 valid votes in the presidential election should be barred from contesting again. they should go back and start from Chairman/councillor positions.
6. Any party that fails to garner 5000 total votes in the election should be totally scraped from the political parties.
7. In a special case where the parties that qualified to contest are not upto 5 parties. the best performing parties in the last election will be added untill the parties reach 5. Lets assume only 2 parties qualified by the above rules to contest for presidency. So INEC will check the best 3 parties in the last presidential election and add them to the already qualified 2 to make 5 parties for presidency. Likewise governorship/senate/house of reps/house of assembly.

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Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Princeton92(m): 6:09am On Jul 30, 2021
Monogamy:
All elections can't be held on same day.. Ko Le werk

And why exactly not?? It can as it did N still possible. How are order countries working on theirs??
#Digitalization!
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by stunnert(m): 6:10am On Jul 30, 2021
What do you expect from a party dominated by kunu sipping brain dead greedy idiots
Obyangel:
Great idea but why did APC vote against E-transmission of results?
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by mema900: 6:11am On Jul 30, 2021
Monogamy:
All elections can't be held on same day.. Ko Le werk

Why?
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Monogamy: 6:12am On Jul 30, 2021
metodman:



Please forget about the fact that he is a thief, they are all thieves. In fact I do not support him as I do not support 99% of our politicians.

Please forget about who he is or his tribe.... Let just analyze his ideas and reasons.


Now, may you please tell us why you think his suggestions are wrong. You can not just say they are wrong without giving reasons. Please tell us why you think they are wrong.

Thank you~


Here we go , which one is tribalising my comments?

Back to your question, even as the election in Nigeria is divided into two, do you have an idea how many void votes we do record on each election?

If all the elections are conducted in a day, then the state assembly won't receive reasonable votes all over as most of the voters are more interested in presidency and governorship election
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by nairavsdollars(f): 6:13am On Jul 30, 2021
Very possible
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Monogamy: 6:13am On Jul 30, 2021
mema900:


Why?

It means some position like State assembly would receive the lowest votes ever
Re: 2023: Kalu Urges INEC To Conduct All Polls In One Day by Andyvilly: 6:13am On Jul 30, 2021
This will really cut down cost, and they should also reduce price of party aspirant nomination form too, it's outrageous.

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