₦airaland Forum

Can't you people just accept defeat in good faith? Afterall all these allegations are unfounded, mischievous, inciteful and a display of gross insensitivity and immaturity.

There Is No Truth To Reports Of Diversion Of Voting Materials In Osun
Check here https://www.nairaland.com/1849217/there-no-truth-reports-diversion

bbello28: Election fever nothing do us jhoor. 2day shld av been april 1st... Pranks everywhere

fever indeed! atleast we'll have rest of mind tomorow evening.

INEC PRESS STATEMENT:
 
There is no truth in the report that the Electoral Officer (EO) of Obokun Local Government Area (LGA) in Osun State and another official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the LGA were caught diverting sensitive materials, investigation by the Commission has shown.
 
This statement is to clear the air over the widely circulating report, especially on online sites, which suggested that the integrity of the process leading up to the Osun State Governorship Election on August 9, 2014, has been compromised. Investigation shows that no sensitive materials were diverted, neither was any official of INEC caught in cohort with political partisans. The full explanation of what happened is as follows:
 

A voter at a previous Nigerian election
Conscience of Democracy
The EO of Obokun Local Government had, at some point on Wednesday, discussed and agreed with all stakeholders, including political parties in his LGA, that sensitive and non-sensitive materials would be distributed together once the sensitive materials were received at the INEC LGA office. 
 
Early on Thursday morning, all EOs in Osun State were asked to report in Oshogbo to collect sensitive materials for their respective LGAs, hence the Obokun EO and one of his officers left for the state capital to collect the materials. While they were in Oshogbo, the EO realized that mattresses needed for operating the Registration Area Centres (RACs), which ought to have been delivered at the RACs, had not been distributed. Consequently, he sent back his officer to go distribute the mattresses to all the RACs. 
 
The officer assigned to effect this task misinterpreted the instruction and, rather than distribute only the mattresses, began to distribute non-sensitive materials as well – contrary to the earlier agreement between the EO and political parties.
 
The EO returned to the LGA office around 7pm on Thursday with sensitive materials for his jurisdiction and, on learning that the officer had overreached his instruction, became concerned about the breach of the agreement he had with the political parties and other stakeholders. He immediately ordered the retrieval of the non-sensitive materials from all RACs. 
 
The bid to retrieve the non-sensitive materials triggered suspicion of something untoward among the communities, some of which resisted the retrieval. A number of them alerted security agents, who promptly arrested the EO and the officer who had distributed the non-sensitive materials. The EO and his officer have since been released and they have gone on with their duties, following the Commission's investigation and satisfactory explanation to the security agencies about the true nature of the incident.
 
For avoidance of doubt, sensitive materials were not involved in the incident. Actually, sensitive materials from the State INEC Headquarters arrived at the LGA long after the non-sensitive materials had been distributed.
 
Also, there is absolutely no truth to the claim that the EO or any other staff of INEC was found in a vehicle other than the Commission’s vehicle distributing materials. That may explain why the only vehicle shown in the various social media reports on the incident was the Commission's vehicle with registration No.: FG 816 VO1.
 
This is to reassure the public that this INEC remains committed to ensuring high integrity of the electoral process and delivery of free, fair and credible governorship election in Osun State.
 
Kayode R Idowu
Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman

http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/08/inec-says-there-no-truth-reports-diversion-voting-materials-osun

engrfcuksmtin: You are educated joor, not like some people speaking like a tomato seller.

since they have d constitutional power to order him to constitute the panel, I think they can as well ask him to disband it. Isn't that reasonable?

Frequently Asked Questions On Ebola Virus Disease
Updated 8 July 2014

1. What is Ebola virus disease?
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan.
The origin of the virus is unknown but fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely host of the Ebola virus, based on available evidence.

2. How do people become infected with the virus?
Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has occurred through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. It is important to reduce contact with high-risk animals (i.e. fruit bats, monkeys or apes) including not picking up dead animals found lying in the forest or handling their raw meat.

Once a person comes into contact with an animal that has Ebola, it can spread within the community from human to human. Infection occurs from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people. Infection can also occur if broken skin or mucous membranes of a healthy person come into contact with environments that have become contaminated with an Ebola patient’s infectious fluids such as soiled clothing, bed linen, or used needles.

Health workers have frequently been exposed to the virus when caring for Ebola patients. This happens because they are not wearing personal protection equipment, such as gloves, when caring for the patients. Health care providers at all levels of the health system – hospitals, clinics and health posts – should be briefed on the nature of the disease and how it is transmitted, and strictly follow recommended infection control precautions.

Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Persons who have died of Ebola must be handled using strong protective clothing and gloves, and be buried immediately.

People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. For this reason, infected patients receive close monitoring from medical professionals and receive laboratory tests to ensure the virus is no longer circulating in their systems before they return home. When the medical professionals determine it is okay for the patient to return home, they are no longer infectious and cannot infect anyone else in their communities. Men who have recovered from the illness can still spread the virus to their partner through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery. For this reason, it is important for men to avoid sexual intercourse for at least 7 weeks after recovery or to wear condoms if having sexual intercourse during 7 weeks after recovery.

3. Who is most at risk?
During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are:
· Health workers;
· Family members or others in close contact with infected people;
· Mourners who have direct contact with the bodies of the deceased as part of burial ceremonies; and
· Hunters in the rain forest who come into contact with dead animals found lying in the forest.

More research is needed to understand if some groups, such as immuno-compromised people or those with other underlying health conditions, are more susceptible than others to contracting the virus.

Exposure to the virus can be controlled through the use of protective measures in clinics and hospitals, at community gatherings, or at home.

4. What are typical signs and symptoms of infection?
Sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat are typical signs and symptoms. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.

Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts, and elevated liver enzymes.

The incubation period, or the time interval from infection to onset of symptoms, is from 2 to 21 days. The patient becomes contagious once they begin to show symptoms. They are not contagious during the incubation period.

Ebola virus disease infections can only be confirmed through laboratory testing.

5. When should someone seek medical care?
If a person has been in an area known to have Ebola virus disease or in contact with a person known or suspected to have Ebola and they begin to have symptoms, they should seek medical care immediately.

Any cases of persons who are suspected to have the disease should be reported to the nearest health unit without delay. Prompt medical care is essential to improving the rate of survival from the disease. It is also important to control spread of the disease and infection control procedures need to be started immediately.

6. What is the treatment?
Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. They are frequently dehydrated and need intravenous fluids or oral rehydration with solutions that contain electrolytes. There is currently no specific treatment to cure the disease.

Some patients will recover with the appropriate medical care.

To help control further spread of the virus, people that are suspected or confirmed to have the disease should be isolated from other patients and treated by health workers using strict infection control precautions.

7. What can I do? Can it be prevented?
Currently there is no licensed vaccine for Ebola virus disease. Several vaccines are being tested, but none are available for clinical use right now.

Raising awareness of the risk factors and measures people can take to protect themselves are the only ways to reduce illness and deaths.

Ways to prevent infection and transmission
While initial cases of Ebola virus disease are contracted by handling infected animals or carcasses, secondary cases occur by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an ill person, either through unsafe case management or unsafe burial practices. During this outbreak, most of the disease has spread through human-to-human transmission. Several steps can be taken to help in preventing infection and limiting or stopping transmission.
• Understand the nature of the disease, how it is transmitted, and how to prevent it from spreading further. (For additional information, please see the previous questions about Ebola virus disease in this FAQ.)
• Listen to and follow directives issued by your country’s respective Ministry of Health.
• If you suspect someone close to you or in your community of having Ebola virus disease, encourage and support them in seeking appropriate medical treatment in a care facility.
• If you choose to care for an ill person in your home, notify public health officials of your intentions so they can train you and provide appropriate gloves and personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as instructions as a reminder on how to properly care for the patient, protect yourself and your family, and properly dispose of the PPE after use.
• When visiting patients in the hospital or caring for someone at home, hand washing with soap and water is recommended after touching a patient, being in contact with their bodily fluids, or touching his/her surroundings.
• People who have died from Ebola should only be handled using appropriate protective equipment and should be buried immediately.

Additionally, individuals should reduce contact with high-risk infected animals (i.e. fruit bats, monkeys, or apes) in the affected rainforest areas. If you suspect an animal is infected, do not handle it. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before eating.

8. What about health workers? How do they protect themselves from the high risk of caring for sick patients?
Health workers treating patients with suspected or confirmed illness are at higher risk of infection than other groups.

• In addition to standard health-care precautions, health workers should strictly apply recommended infection control measures to avoid exposure to infected blood, fluids, or contaminated environments or objects – such as a patient’s soiled linen or used needles.
• They should use personal protection equipment such as individual gowns, gloves, masks and goggles or face shields.
• They should use personal protective equipment such as individual gowns, gloves, masks and goggles or face shields.
• They should not reuse protective equipment or clothing unless they have been properly disinfected.
• They should change gloves between caring for each patient suspected of having Ebola.
• Invasive procedures that can expose medical doctors, nurses and others to infection should be carried out under strict, safe conditions.
• Infected patients should be kept separate from other patients and healthy people, as much as possible.

9. What about rumours that some foods can prevent or treat the infection?
WHO strongly recommends that people seek credible health advice about Ebola virus disease from their public health authority.

While there is no specific drug against Ebola, the best treatment is intensive supportive treatment provided in the hospital by health workers using strict infection control procedures. The infection can be controlled through recommended protective measures.

10. How does WHO protect health during outbreaks?
WHO provides technical advice to countries and communities to prepare for and respond to Ebola outbreaks.

WHO actions include:
• disease surveillance and information-sharing across regions to watch for outbreaks;
• technical assistance to investigate and contain health threats when they occur – such as on-site help to identify sick people and track disease patterns;
• advice on prevention and treatment options;
• deployments of experts and the distribution of health supplies (such as personal protection gear for health workers) when they are requested by the country;
• communications to raise awareness of the nature of the disease and protective health measures to control transmission of the virus; and
• activation of regional and global networks of experts to provide assistance, if requested, and mitigate potential international health effects and disruptions of travel and trade.

11. During an outbreak, numbers of cases reported by health officials can go up and down? Why?
During an Ebola outbreak, the affected country’s public health authority reports its disease case numbers and deaths. Figures can change daily. Case numbers reflect both suspected cases and laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola. Sometimes numbers of suspected and confirmed cases are reported together. Sometimes they are reported separately. Thus, numbers can shift between suspected and confirmed cases.

Analyzing case data trends, over time, and with additional information, is generally more helpful to assess the public health situation and determine the appropriate response.

12. Is it safe to travel during an outbreak? What is WHO’s travel advice?
During an outbreak, WHO reviews the public health situation regularly, and recommends any travel or trade restrictions if necessary.

The risk of infection for travelers is very low since person-to-person transmission results from direct contact with the body fluids or secretions of an infected patient.

WHO’s general travel advice
• Travelers should avoid all contact with infected patients.
• Health workers traveling to affected areas should strictly follow WHO-recommended infection control guidance.
• Anyone who has stayed in areas where cases were recently reported should be aware of the symptoms of infection and seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.
• Clinicians caring for travelers returning from affected areas with compatible symptoms are advised to consider the possibility of Ebola virus disease.

Bad and devilish dream indeed. Don't forget that Nigeria Soldiers are in Sambisa and they are always in close contact with †ђξ people in †ђξ cities. If that happens(God forbid) that could mark †ђξ end of †ђξ northerners bcus such virus would spread easily there.

1st ola: This must be some kind of new year joke
17k per month. lol!
op u must be a joker
And am sure the sch management will be expecting good and qualified teachers to apply for 17k
I pity parents who would send their children to ur sch...

what are you people talking about here? You people must be joking! I worked in a secondary school in Lagos around Iyana-Ipaja as Math/Computer Teacher in 2010. I was earning #15000 per month as a BSc. Holder. 17k in Ekiti is equivalent to 40k in Lagos.

Juwonb007: Between now & January. Learnt it's still awaiting Senate's delebration & approval.

alrit! Thanks

Does anyone know when our June/July exam results will be out. It seems its taken longer than expected,

wirinet: I am surprised the above rejoinder could have come from no less a person than professor Jega himself, it is full of contradictions and so much illogicality. The parts I bolded is a paradox, how can you accuse people of not taking advantage of the contineous registration advice to re-register and at the same time accuse them of double registration? Does someone who registered in 2011 with their full biodata captured need to come again and register in this contineous registration exercise without being accused of double registration? this question is very important before 2015 elections, when the national continuous voters registration exercise starts, wont those of us who had already registered in 201 be accused of double registration if we registered again and be accused of non validation if we refuse to re-register? either way, is an excuse for not finding our name in the final voters list.

Jega is behaving as if simple voters registration is rocket science. Why is no accurate data base of all voters that registered in 2011? after all they took all our biodata. Does it take forever to compile the data base?, something a 200 level computer sciemce can undertake.

Jega should stop making excuses, the voter is not expected to pay for INEC's incompetences, it is the fundamental right of a person who registered to vote and came on voting day to actually vote.

Ideally, every voter is expected to cross check his/her name on the register before the day of election.

Such register is always pasted some days after registration. When Political parties supposed to have mobilized their supporter to check their names, they were busy doing some other things.

You can only take part in the continuous voters registration provided your name is not on the register. It doesn't matter whether you register in 2011 or not. The register was actually pasted in Anambra, but so many people didn't take it serious. If these people whose names are missing now had checked the register, they would have been re-registered again.

Nigeria: Our Story On Anambra Election - Prof. Jega

As you are no doubt aware, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Anambra governorship election. In preparing for that election, INEC was determined to make it the best election that we conducted so far. And we prepared for that election adequately more than we have done in preparing for previous elections.

The elections were conducted. There were many matters arising in the conduct of the election, and there is no doubt that INEC's operation performance in that election has not met the expectations of Nigerians to be the best election ever conducted by INEC. We regret shattering the expectations of Nigerians. But we did our best under very difficult circumstance to have prepared credible elections.

Nigerians are also no doubt aware that the Returning Officer, when announcing the result for that election declared it inconclusive and mentioned the need to do the supplementary elections. Following the conduct of that election, we received complaints from candidates, from political parties and many other Nigerians raising issues with the conduct of the election. Some called for outright cancellation of the election, making arguments as to why the election must be cancelled.

Why INEC can't cancel the election

We had a meeting with all the field, the senior level field officers who participated in that election. We reviewed the conduct of that election; we received information about what was done right, lapses about the conduct of the election and the commission met today (on Friday) and took the following decisions with regards to the next line of action.

We regret that in spite of our intention, the Anambra election has not turned out to be the best election that the commission has conducted so far. We regret the challenges that we faced in the conduct for that election, but in our assessment there is no other decision that we, as the commission, can take other than the position of the Returning Officer to conduct a supplementary election in those areas where the results were cancelled before the final returning were made.

We examined all the accusation and the allegations that were made and we came to the conclusion that in spite of minor challenges, unfortunate challenges in the field, there is no substantial evidence to support the outright cancellation of the process. We believed that although the Anambra election was not the best election as we wished, there was substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and that a substantial majority of the allegations that have been made cannot be substantiated. Therefore, we have decided that the supplementary election will hold in Anambra State on Saturday November 30th, 2013.

There is no doubt that there was the challenge of late commencement of election; there was no doubt that this late commencement in many polling units was accounted by delay from election officials, there was no doubt that some polling units materials arrived late, but where it became necessary to adjust the time of the election and time for accreditation, we have done so and elections have taken place peacefully and successfully.

Why some names were missing in voters register

There were a lot of allegations by either party or candidate with regards to the voters register. I want to say that we have investigated and the major allegation being made, which was by the register that INEC gave to political parties 30 days before the election, was different from the register that we gave on the day of the stakeholder meeting a few days to the election was different. This is not correct.

We have reviewed the register and we are satisfied by this review that the register we gave 30 days before the election and the register we gave in the stakeholders meeting was the same and the only difference was the age, which we explained to the stakeholders and none of the stakeholders complained about. They understood our explanation and they were satisfied with it, and there was no challenge to that. So, to now come and start talking about challenges with the register and particularly to accuse INEC about changing the register, frankly is not being fair to INEC.

And at this point, anybody or any party has evidence of discrepancy or variance in the two registers that we have given them, then of course they should come out and prove it. As far as we are concerned, the only difference to the two registers was the correction of the age and this was mentioned to the stakeholders and they accepted it and therefore the register we conducted election with, except the age, was the register that was given to the stakeholders 30 days before the election.

INEC didn't disenfranchise anyone

There were also allegations of disenfranchisement. This is regrettable, given the energy and attention that INEC had deployed in the cleaning up of the register and in trying to make the register much more credible, than the register which we conducted the 2011 elections. I want to remind us that before the Anambra elections, the commission met with the chairmen of all the registered political parties and their secretaries, who came along with the chairman of Anambra State of the branches of their parties.

We briefed them adequately about the improvements we had made to the register; we told them how the number of total registered voters came down from about 1.8 to about 1.7 million because we had done our best to eliminate all multiple registrations. We also told them about the efforts we were making before the 2015 general elections to make sure that nationwide addendum register was eliminated in the conduct of the election. And we briefed them about the efforts we were making to make sure that when the Anambra election came, there would be no use of the addendum register.

We briefed them about how, in Anambra state before the conduct of the election, continuous voter registration, with the main purpose of updating the register by allowing those who have reach 18 years since the conduct of the last registration, and we also informed them how we were going to use the continuous voter registration to address the issue of addendum register.

For example, we briefed about how anybody who is not on the electronic register, and who voted during the 2011 elections, with their names on the addendum register, should use the opportunity of the continuous voter registration to have their names captured and put in the electronic register.

Before we did the continuous voter registration in Anambra State, we did massive campaign, we even displayed the electronic register that was used in 2011 election, so that people could see if their names were not in that register could use the voter registration to have their names and details captured and put in the register.

So I can say that from our own assessment from this allegation of disenfranchisement, a substantial majority, if not those that were said to have gone to the polling unit with their voters card and did not find their names on the register, in all likelihood, even if not all of them, must have either been people who have done multiple registrations or were people who did not take advantage of the continuous voter registration to have their names in the electronic register.

The challenge is for political parties to marshal their evidences or to prove that there were actually people who have their names on the electronic register, which is people outside of the list of those who have done multiple registration, or on the addendum register, who were not initially a priori on the voters register.

No evidence has been provided to us, as I speak to you by any of the political parties and therefore the question or the issue of the disenfranchisement cannot be used to question or to cancel the election as said by the political parties.

There were complaints in some polling units about some candidates who have gone to the polling units or some notable Nigerians who have gone to the polling unit and with their voters card and claimed to have been disenfranchised and were not allowed to vote.

And I need to clarify on this. The electoral Act is very clear and our guideline is very clear that if you present yourself at a polling unit, you must first of all present your card, and your name will be checked in the register.

If your name is not on the register, you will not be allowed to vote. Our electoral officials were trained on this and they clearly complied with the training manuals and legal provisions by ensuring that only people whose names are found on the register are allowed to vote.

A case of one of the candidates who said his name was not on the voters register, we have done some checking, and our investigation has shown that he was on manual register, not on the electronic register. And in all likelihood, that candidate, since we used electronic register in the election, that candidate did not utilised the continuous voters registration opportunity so as to be on the electronic register.

Question about APC petition to INEC

With regards to the claims by APC, yes we have received their claims yesterday and I have gone through it. Almost all the complaints were repetition of the allegations made by the APC candidate, which we have replied. So there is nothing new in it.

I am still waiting for the time students would go on strike and embark on mass protest against the corrupt practices, bribery, sexual harassment and incompetence of some of these lecturers. It shouldn't be ASUU alone all the time. It's high time student unions made a mega plan for mass protest.

Last Days Event! Preparation for the Antichrist.

That's true! Tho funny!

Mission accomplished and game over!!!! Their goal is to wrest power from PDP. That's all!!!!!!!!!

0Willywilly0: Nigeria army should stop killing these people, they should be allowed to practice and govern themselves how they wish, Islam is their religion and they want their Islamic country, i see no reason for disturbing them.

I guess you are joking!

Who cares? Afterall it's not political parties affairs......

baba11: Can i get CIT 852 from u asap?

I will forward it to u.

ferdimako: Are you sure? I thought they have two spaces for double O'level.Fill out separately oh!

the second space is not being considered. I speak from experience.

StephenAyo: Hi there, i recently bought Noun postgraduate application PIN, i went online and filled the application form. However, when i submited the application, the message i got is you are not admitted. I 've atemptd it severally, but same result. I 've gone to d nearest SC but i got no reasonable response. I sent a complaint mail to Noun support centre twice but no reply for the past one week. I need your advice!

if you are using two SSCE results, merge them as one while filling the O-level section. Same thin happened to me. I didn't have a credit in Biology in my first result; credit in biology was part of d O-level requirements; so I wasn't admitted until I changed it to credit which I had in the other result.

dorti: I believe u ve benefitted enuf from dis same public forum and also from d immature people... If dey ve been concealing information u would ve complained abi?. But in ur previous post wen u hear dat d circular for 28days was sent u were thanking d person for d info. Would u ve known if d person didn't share d info?

u seem not to understand my point here... I was aware of the circular before I saw it here tho. There is nothing wrong abt giving information to others; but to targeted audience only which is impossible in a public forum here.

I know the role I played on this forum to assist you guys when you first joined us here on this thread and you can confirm that by reading my previous posts. I was d one who first told u ur letters would be back dated to 1st July.

We share more sensitive info dan this in a BBM closed group. You don't know who is reading the posts.

Let me give you an instance. There was a time, one of the FG parastatals was planning to give some incentives to its staffs. Two of the staffs met in a cab and were discussing the issue. Some1 in d cab heard it and took up d matter challenging d parastatal why they have to do that. Eventually the incentive wasn't given due to a careless talk. That is the essence of the oath of secrecy you pple signed. It is meant to curtail excessive information/privileged info dissemination.

edib: What's wrong with enlightening those who dnt knw.....350k isn't mch so pls dnt take it up as tho its some cash to kill for!!!!!!!!!

u cant understand but soon u will, provided u re in d system

[quote author=my_roseflowers]u re wrong; it is 12500 * 28 = 350000[/quote]must the whole world knw how much u re expectin? This is a public forum. If it's a closed group like Facebook, watsapp or BBM group it would have been better. U guys re showing immaturity here!

TOLUKEMLIZZY: Hnnn 12k *28days(level

this is a public forum. We shld be careful of wht we share. Let's be matured.(Oath of secrecy)

Technically speaking, something is wrong with all these moves in a south west state. The state that is known for highest number of Pastors/ Evangelists in Nigeria. I hope Aregbe is not shooting himself in the leg

Fayemi on point!!!!!

Sincere 9gerian:
Who is Jonathan? Is that your father's name?

I love that response......lolz!

Don't underrate †ђξ wonders of sunday Mba on Sunday!

Sermwell: Well constitutionally, where a lawmaker moves 2 another party he automatically looses his seat! I don't knw if d nPDP can be regarded as a new party in this case! I will check my copy of d constitution 4 facts! Brb

New PDP can't be regarded as a new party in this case. For a group to be regarded as a political party it must have been duly registered by Election Management Body(INEC). I don't fink †ђξ issue of moving from one party to another can come to play here. This is tantamount to moving frm PDP to no where.

Penproph: Lagos has nt gotten any circular to dat effect

dats not true. Go and find out again frm ur Account unit at d state HQ.