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  • INEC constitutes diaspora voting, electoral constituencies committees

    INEC constitutes diaspora voting, electoral constituencies committees

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has constituted a 10-member committee on the Review of Diaspora or Out-of-Country Voting.

    Also constituted, according to the commission’s daily bulletin issued on Tuesday in Abuja are eight-member committee for the Review of Electoral Constituencies and committee for Review of Polling Units and Registration Areas.

    It said that other committees set up included those on Review of the Suppressed Constituencies and Review of GIS Laboratory.

    The commission explained that the committees were constituted as part of its effort at improving the electoral process, adding that the committees were chaired by its National Commissioners.

    It said that all the committees were expected to submit their final reports to the commission within six weeks.

    The term of reference for the Committee on Review of Electoral Constituencies, according to the bulletin, include reviewing INEC’s past and recent attempts at delimitation of constituencies and make recommendations on the way forward.

    It added that the committee was also mandated to review and advice on INEC’s collaboration with other government agencies and listed them as National Population Commission, National Space Research and Development Agency and National Broadcasting Commission.

    Others are the Office of The Surveyor General of the Federation, National Boundary Commission and Nigerian Postal Service.

    “The committee is to also review existing delimitation guidelines and develop new guidelines for delimitation/delineation of the federal constituencies to meet the demand of the current state of the nation.”

    It added that the Committee on the Review of Polling Units and Registration Areas, chaired by Prof. Okey Ibeanu, had as term of reference, to consider the current status of Polling Units and Registration Areas, nationwide.

    The committee is also expected to propose a framework and criteria for review as well as recommend a plan of action for the commission’s approval.

    Mr Adedeji Soyebi was named as Chairman of Committee on Review of Suppressed Constituencies, while Amina Zakari would chair the committee on diaspora voting.

    According to the bulletin, the chairman of the Committee on Review of GIS Laboratory is Dr Mohammed Lecky.

     

  • Bayelsa APC lauds Buhari over federal appointments

    The ‎Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), on Monday, poured encomiums on President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing two indigenes of the state into key federal offices.

    The President appointed a retired permanent secretary in the Bayelsa State civil service, Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo as a member of the National Population Commission (NPC).

    He also appointed an oil and gas expert, Mr. Simbi Wabote, as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board (NCMDB).

    In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Fortune Panebi, the state’s APC described Buhari’s gesture as a sign of comfort and positive development for the state.

    The party said the President has effectively replied persons taunting its leaders in the state and cynically asking them to use their connections to attract federal appointments.

    The party said: ”The appointment of both Mrs Izonfuo and Mr Wabote is a welcome development to us, a very positive sign of comfort and the best to come at this time.

    “While we are confident that both appointees are credible and experienced in their chosen career lines, this gesture from the president shows that he has every part of the nation at heart.

    ”Truly, these appointments, coming at a time cynics were already taunting our revered leaders ‎to attract more appointments to the state are a collective manifestation of the cohesion, understanding and unity of purpose in our party.

    ”Nothing can be more commendable than having two illustrious sons of ours, the first being the minister of state for agriculture and rural development, Dr. Heineken Lokpobiri and the newly appointed Wabote among government officials who will play key roles in the economic turnaround of the nation.

    ”May we use this opportunity to, therefore, thank our leader, Chief Timipre Sylva, Dr. Lokpobiri as well as other notable leaders of the party for providing the needed leadership and direction to this point in spite of some unavoidable drawbacks.

    ”Finally, we appeal to our Niger Delta brothers who are up in arms against our oil and gas assets to eschew violence and embrace the path to peace. This is desirable not only for the government but for our ecosystem that is the immediate victim of your actions”.

  • NPC begins area demarcation

    The National Population Commission (NPC) has begun the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) for Mushin.
    The exercise, which started on Monday at the Mushin Local Government Secretariat Multipurpose hall on Palm Avenue, will last for six weeks.
    NPC Federal Commissioner for Lagos State Mrs Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin described the exercise as a watershed in the history of population and housing census preparation in Lagos.
    She said: “Of course, this will not be the first time NPC will be carrying out demarcation… but the main reason for the fresh exercise is to take advantage of the latest development in information and communication facilities and equipment.”
    According to her, EAD is the division of the whole country into small land areas that can be conveniently covered by two enumerators during the census.
    “EAD is the foundation on which the census enumeration is built and once this assignment is properly and soundly built, then all other censal activities will be on solid foundation,” she said.
    “As you are aware, population census is the enumeration of all persons residing in a country or a well-defined geographic unit at a given time.
    “To us at the commission, getting this EAD exercise right is not an option but an absolute necessity as the commission is determined to deliver to the nation an accurate, reliable and acceptable census. It is in this regard that the commission is leaving no stone unturned in order to ensure that this EAD for the next census is carried out professionally, scientifically and meticulously,” she added.
    Mrs Salu-Hundeyin, however, clarified that EAD is not the enumeration of persons living in the country, adding that its outcome will not determine the population of any community, local government or state.