Sentences with phrase «local government elections»

In the last local government election in the state, we did not participate.

Is there anything that the governor wants to avoid by not conducting local government elections?

So, usually, the outcomes of local government elections are judged relative to the status quo, rather than in absolute terms.

The incident occurred barely two hours after the commencement of the state local government election.

That is why it is almost given that the ruling party in every state wins local government elections 100 percent.

Looters targeted stores in townships around the South African capital, Pretoria, following two days of protests over the ruling party's choice of mayoral candidate for local government elections in August, according to the police report.

INEC in March raised a committee to investigate Kano local government elections conducted by the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission after footages circulating online showed some voters who were children, participating in the poll.

You would recall that following the Kano State Local Government election held on 10th February 2018, there were several reports in the media, particularly the social media, alleging that underaged persons voted in the election.

It also provides for a change to the date of the Scottish local government elections due to be held on 6 May 2021 to 5 May 2022, so that they do not coincide with the new date of the Scottish Parliament general election.

Scottish Tories currently campaigning for local government elections on May 4th tell stories about encountering long - standing Labour voters in local authority areas not exactly known for being friendly to Conservatives and who now declare their intention to vote for «Ruth» and the Tories.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has flagged off campaigns for its candidates in the forthcoming local government election in Anambra State.

The Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) on Monday said 900 candidates would vie for positions in Saturday local government elections in the state.

The Kaduna State Local Government election scheduled for May 12, 2018 will hold, Chairman KADSIECOM, Dr. Saratu Binta Dikko - Audu, has said..

The PDP chairman, who stated this at the inauguration of the Rivers State local government election campaigns of the party in Port -LSB-...]

On the Plateau local government elections slated for Feb. 17, 2017, Sango said that the PDP was ready to «contest and win every seat».

Lew Geffen, Chairman of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty, says while the recent Local Government Election results should boost the national property market with marginally better international confidence in the country's economic outlook, in the medium term the Western Cape's buoyancy will continue to be a core growth force in the residential sector.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Orire North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mrs. Fatimoh Gildado has been announced by the returning officer for the council area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in Oyo State.

Musa, who doubles as Chairman of Southern Kaduna Peace and Reconciliation Committee, SKPRC, said although the forth coming local government elections in the State was the vocal point of the meeting much was still desired in combating insecurity in the State.

Abdulmumini called on the Governor to reverse the extension of tenure immediately and announce date for credible local government elections in the state.

Local government elections took place on London on 3 May 2018, as part of the wider local elections in England.

Voters in London are expected to punish Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party at local government elections this week.

Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECOM, on Friday in Kaduna announced the indefinite suspension of local government elections earlier slated to hold on December 30.

National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire (SAN), has lambasted Lagos Chairman, Dele Ajomale, on his comment regarding the court ruling that upturned the position of the party on its candidate for the upcoming local government election in the State for Odi Olowo Local Council Development Area.

According to the state publicity secretary of the party, Nwabueze Oguchienti, who addressed newsmen, the stakeholders addressed issues of internal democracy, the proposed local government election in June, and the party primary elections later in the year

Local government elections don't have any direct impact on each other and there is no consensus way to quantify the fact that an election in a small city, or a city with more seats on its council, may be less important than in a major city, or a seat with fewer seats on its council.

The last local government election exercise, if allowed, would have revealed the high level of corruption by the Lagos State Government, but they will never allow the truth to prevail, hence every effort was made to ensure false and rascal judicial pronouncements reminiscent of Ayo Salami's days.

The report said: «The changes do not directly affect the franchise for UK general elections, European Lords raise voting age concernsParliamentary elections, or local government elections beyond Scotland, and therefore the order has no immediate constitutional implications for the rest of the UK.

Jubrin also congratulated PDP governors who won all seats in recent local government elections in their states.

Six months later he asked for an extension and it was granted by the House of Assembly with a condition that he must conduct local government elections within the six months window.

Bello on Saturday announced the formation of a parallel exco to allow him conduct local government elections later this year.

Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Former Governor, Alao Akala and other prominent members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state participated in ongoing local government elections in Oyo State.

Selina Robinson introduces, for the third time, the Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act.

Subsequent to announcing her intention to retire, Gash was elected Mayor of Shoalhaven Council at the 2012 NSW local government elections.

Supporters of South Africa's ruling ANC cheer at a rally to launch the party's 2016 local government elections manifesto in Nelson Mandela Bay.

«The amendment to section 152 (325) of the Principal Act may raise constitutional issues over the competence of the National Assembly to legislate over Local Government elections.

Finally, the Commission notes the recommendation of the Nahuche Committee that collaboration between INEC and SIECs is necessary to improve the quality of elections in Nigeria, including Local Government elections.

we will do local government election withing six months.»

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed proposals from the Welsh Government to reform local government elections and urged every council to move to a Single Transferable Vote system once the proposals are implemented.

Most divisions returned one County Councillor under the first past the post system which is used for most local government elections in England and Wales.

Sri Lanka's new Local Government elections process has been the talking point of gerrymandering since its inception.

Chairman, Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECOM, Dr. Saratu Dikko, said the postponement of the Chairman and Councillors local government elections was done to amend some...

In his speech, the KADSIECOM Electoral Officer, Zaria, Malam Ibrahim Usman - Birnin - Gwari, said the mission of the commission was to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable local government elections.

Speaking on behalf of Civil Society Organizations, Emmanuel Bonet, called for increase fundings to State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM), to enable it conduct the forthcoming Local Government Elections without hitches, noting that the N500m allocated to the commission is insufficient.

The late arrival of electoral materials is frustrating many prospective voters eager to vote in the ongoing Benue local government elections, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The Chairman of ENSIEC, Dr. Mike Ajogwu (SAN) had while declaring the results of the Saturday, November 4 Local Government Elections announced that the PDP won all the 17 chairmanship seats and 258 councillorship positions, stating that elections did not hold in Eke and Obioma wards.

Miliki who expressed dissatisfaction in the failure of the State Government towards the conduct of Local Government election noted that the current administration of local government in Kogi State was illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has blamed the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission for the controversial local government election in which underage voters were said to have participated in.

While the votes in Northern Ireland's local government election contest are still being counted the big picture to emerge so far is that the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein remain the two biggest parties in the region.