Sentences with phrase «ensure free and fair elections»

He said the government would respect the rules of engagement without interfering in the work of state institutions that have been assigned responsibilities to ensure free and fair elections.
According to Starr News sources, the commission is also considering other alternative sources of funding in order to ensure a free and fair elections next year.
A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, in Abuja on Friday quoted him as saying, «Former President Goodluck Jonathan put Nigeria on the global map as a leading democratic nation when he put in everything to ensure free and fair elections (in 2015), in which he did not only lose the presidential poll as an incumbent but also willingly conceded defeat.
According to a White House statement, Mike Pence spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi by telephone to discuss the «upcoming May elections in Iraq, reports of Iran attempting to meddle in Iraq's election and government formation, and the need to ensure free and fair elections that include Iraq's citizens displaced by the fight against ISIS».
According to the Commissioner, the State Government and security agencies will leave no stone unturned in ensuring a free and fair election, while ensuring safety of electoral officials and voters.
Governor Ganduje, on Friday while addressing State House journalists after meeting President Buhari, said the All Progressives Congress was determined to ensure a free and fair election in Rivers because having such «is not normal in that part of the country.»
It is about ensuring a free and fair election as well as promoting peace and stability.
Argungu had disclosed that a joint meeting with security operatives within the state has begun, and strategies are being mapped out on how to ensure a free and fair election in Edo state.

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We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.
I am urging all of you to go to your respective polling stations in your numbers and ensure that we have a free, fair and credible election, because when we have that, the Elephant will win,» he said.
The commission said all arrangements are top gear to ensure that its processes lead to a free and fair election.
It is well documented by several observer bodies that the December 2016 elections were safe, free and fair and the Chairperson is directly acknowledged as having been instrumental in ensuring this.
«The rules that regard election laws are fundamental because they ensure that it protects the right to free and fair elections,» Sacha said.
Acting Director General of TEI, Dr Sa'ad Umar reminded the participants that the task of ensuring a transparent, credible, free and fair election is a responsibility the Electoral Officers share, urging them to give the training the attention it deserves.
«I want to assure you that each and everyone of us will do the very best that we are required to do in order to ensure a free, fair, safe and secure election
Tat stated that the interest of U.S was to ensure that a free and fair election is being conducted in order to set a higher standard in organisation of election in the country.
President John Dramani Mahama has said his Administration would do everything under its purview to ensure that the November 7 General Election is a free and fair.
«We advised political parties to play by the rules, because we will ensure that we deliver free, fair and credible election, which is now a minimum benchmark for INEC in any election we conduct», he said.
Like in Ondo state we must ensure have a free and fair elections.
While pledging to conduct free and fair elections in the state, Agboke informed that INEC in the state was working to ensure that no case of underage voting or foreigner is allowed to register in the continuous voter registration in the state.
We must ensure that elections in this country are credible, transparent, free and fair.
At a pre-election press conference in an Accra Tuesday, Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei outlined some rules and measures rolled out by the electoral body to ensure a free, fair and credible elections.
What should all stakeholders do to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections?
The INEC Chairman noted that there was a lot the Commission and the ICMC could achieve in ensuring that elections were free, fair and devoid of rancor.
Each component is tied to specific objectives aimed at sustaining democracy and ensuring the conduct of free, fair and credible elections.
He said, «We will ensure free and fair primaries and the general elections.
He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, to remain steadfast as they conduct the remaining rerun elections so as to ensure a free, fair and credible election.
He noted that the role of Nigeria government can not be overemphasized in view of the incapacity of the Liberian Police to provide professional security to ensure free, fair and credible elections at that period.»
Yakubu said there was a need for state electoral bodies to work closely with INEC to ensure that local government elections are free, fair and credible.
As you may know, CODEO's primary and broad objective is to complement the efforts of Ghana's Electoral Commission and indeed all stakeholders in ensuring transparent, free, fair and peaceful elections in the country.
We are going to do our job professionally the way it should be done and we will ensure that the election is free and fair
I assume — even without being admitted in knowledge — that you have taken effective care to ensure that Anambra State witnesses a free and fair election.
Our freedoms have been curtailed in one way or other because of the security situation and so we need to double our steps to ensure that the next election which is crucial to Ghanaians are conducted in a free and fair manner.»
According to her, the former President ensured a free, fair and transparent electoral process in the recent general elections.
«We are to monitor purposely to ensure a free, fair and transparent election.
The party called on Buhari to ensure that the election went free and fair, adding that the number of inconclusive elections in the country was worrisome.
The Edo state election and its campaigns have since the beginning of this year resulted into different controversial issues, and the Inspector General of police had reiterated his commitment towards ensuring a violence free and fair election in the state.
Speaking at the meeting, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus reiterated the commitment of the party leadership to ensure what he called a transparent, free, fair and credible primary in Ekiti State, just as he urged all stakeholders to work together for the victory of the party in the election.
The training, which was rounded off on Wednesday, was organised in order to ensure that the governorship election is adequately observed in line with the PSC's mandate of building the confidence of voters in the election and promoting free, fair, peaceful, credible elections in Nigeria.
In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation's security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration's commitment to continually strengthen democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.
This is politics, everyone must play the game with attention to all the details to ensure that the election is adjudged free and fair.
A former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has called for the scrapping of all state electoral commissions to ensure free, fair and credible local government elections in Nigeria.
In a post published in September, he vowed to «keep working to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, and to ensure our community is a platform for all ideas and a force for good in democracy.»
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