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.
The state electoral body had also said it will announce results of the July 22 local council polls at ward collation centres.
The coalition hinged their decision on the alleged violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by
the state electoral body in the process leading to the polls.
When asked what should happen next having discredited the Kano State local government election, the INEC boss said the commission lacked the constitutional power to investigate
any state electoral body since they are autonomous.
«It is obvious that
the state electoral body could not conduct a credible poll.
NAN recalls that, fire on Saturday razed the two - storey building of Kaduna
state electoral body, few weeks before the local government election in the state.
Not exact matches
The
Electoral College is the
body of 538 delegates representing the
electoral points each
State has.
«It is in a view to bring an end to all these tradition of
electoral manipulation that, we of the SPN will continue to canvass for the democratisation of
state and national
electoral bodies whose members will comprise of the elected representatives of trade unions, youth and professional organisations, trade and artisan associations including the community associations like residents association.
The Senate threatened to suspend its plenary if the
electoral body failed to meet the deadline, pointing out that the
state had remained without representation in the national assembly for a long period.
He called on
state governments to make their
electoral bodies to work for the benefit of all.
The
electoral regulatory
body has established a five - member panel of eminent persons to look into the merit and demerit for a new voters» register, but LMVCA feels it is taking forever for the EC to
state its official position.
19.10: These results below have not been confirmed by the Lagos
State Independent
Electoral Commission (LASIEC), the
electoral body in charge of the election, and at such results here can change at any time.
The
electoral body, however,
stated that it could not take any action against Governor Bello as he still enjoys immunity by virtue of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution.
While saying that Ibrahim and Eyitayo Jegede were not parties to the suit, the governor said the national
electoral body initially took the right decision by making it clear that it was not
state or zonal executives that were empowered by the
Electoral Act to conduct elections.
Speaking at the hearing conducted by the Senate's Joint Committee on INEC; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Saraki
stated that the National Assembly had powers to legislate over the
electoral body and other agencies of government.
The lawyer dragged the governor, the
state lawmakers, OSSIEC, All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and six other political parties to court calling for the immediate stoppage of the council's election and the sacking of all the
electoral body members.
Yakubu said the
electoral body will continue to work with the
State Independent
Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to ensure continuous improvements in the quality of all elections conducted in Nigeria.