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  • NPC to conduct demographic survey

    The National Population Commission (NPC) will soon begin the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 12 of the 16 local governments in Kwara State.

    The commission would embark on scientific random selection of 45 households for the exercise, the NPC Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Abubakar Ndakene, has said.

    He said a team of trained NPC supervisors and interviewers would conduct the survey in 12 of the 16 local governments.

    Ndakene said women between 15 and 49 years and men between 15 and 49 years would be interviewed in 23 clusters of the state.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Row in Imo over plan to conduct council poll

    Row in Imo over plan to conduct council poll

    A political crisis is brewing in Imo State following plans by the government to conduct a local government election.

    Although no date has been fixed for the poll, major political parties and other stakeholders are protesting what they called the government’s plot to impose its cronies.

    But the tenure of the 27 council chairmen, already disengaged by the government, is yet to be resolved.

    Chairman of Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Mr. Obi Akwara, said the commission has begun ward delineation to ensure that the election holds in all the wards.

    He said: “We are an unbiased umpire; we are not going to interfere with the issues in court. We have started preparations for the council election. We have begun with ward delineation and verification to ensure that those wards, where elections were not held in the last election, will be corrected.”

    Akwara, who denied being a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said the commission would organise an eight-week workshop on administration and legislation for aspirants.

    The commission’s chief said this would ensure that those who become chairmen and councillors are prepared for their duties.

    According to him, the commission has applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the verification of the voters’ register.

    Akwara assured that ISIEC would conduct a free and fair council poll.

    But the Secretary of the state chapter of the All Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Enyinna Onuegbu, described the planned poll as a ruse.

    The union leader said it is a contempt of court for the government to contemplate a fresh council poll when the government and the council chairmen are still in court.

    The ALGON scribe argued that the tenure of the chairmen would constitutionally end in 2013.

    He said: “We were elected for a three-year tenure that will end in August 2013, but we were illegally dissolved by the state government. We are in court to seek redress. Until all the matters are resolved, there cannot be a council election in Imo State.

    “We are aware that the ISIEC is collecting as much N250,000 from each community to create new wards.”

     

  • LP, ACN, PDP candidates praise voters over conduct

    THE candidates of the three major political parties contesting in the Ondo State governorship election yesterday lauded the electorate in the state for their massive turnout and orderly conduct.

    Gov. Olusegun Mimiko, who voted at about 2:18 p.m at his Ward 7 Unit 20 Polling Unit in Ondo, told newsmen after casting his vote that the turnout for the election was “ decent and unprecedented.’’

    He also said the accreditation of voters across the state was fairly carried out, adding that he would give his final verdict after the election.

    The ACN candidate, Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), also cast his vote at 12:50 pm at his Oke-Ijebu Polling Unit in Owo.

    Akeredolu, who spoke to journalists after casting his vote, said that he was impressed with the turnout and conduct of voters.

    Also, Akeredolu’s wife, Betty, told journalists that she was impressed with the turnout.

    The PDP candidate, Chief Olusola Oke, who cast his vote at 2:25 pm, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accreditation process was slow.

    Oke, who voted at his Ward 3 Unit 5 Olori/Otunmara in Ilaje Local Government Area, said it took INEC officials an average of 30 minutes to accredit one voter.

    He also said the security arrangement in the riverside communities was not up to the desired expectation while INEC officials were absent in some polling units in the area.

    The PDP flag bearer, however, commended the electorate for their patience and orderly conduct.