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My colleagues will recall that on Thursday last week, precisely on the 23rd of November 2017, the senate committee on INEC presented to this chamber a report on the screening exercise regarding the resident electoral commissioner for states and in that report they recommended that the nominee from Zamfara state based on extensive consultation — my colleague from Zamfara north said the nominee be rejected based on the reason that he is a non-indigene,» Marafa said. (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)
He pointed out that irrespective of the resident electoral commissioner who conducts the rerun elections in the state, the APC candidates will continue to lose because the people understand that the APC can not deliver development projects. (securitykingng.org)
BukolaSaraki also ensured that one of his sidekicks was posted as electoral commissioner to Anambra state for the 2007 elections. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)