Sentences with phrase «underaged voting»

Given that the Register was substantially not used to accredit voters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if underaged voting occurred in the election, it was NOT due to any presence of underaged registrants on the Register of Voters.

Both explicit and implicit in some of these reports was the suggestion that since the National Register of Voters compiled by INEC was used in the election, the alleged problem of underaged voting in the Kano Local Government election is linked to a prevalence of underaged registrants in the National Register of Voters.

In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, ironically there has been a silver lining in the cloud of allegations of underaged voting in the Kano State Local Government 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.

The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja on Friday during a press conference on the findings of the committee set up to investigate allegations of underage voting in Kano State.

Erstwhile presidential spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, who served from 2007 to 2010, has given Nigerians an idea on how to ensure that instances of underage voting...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has exonerated itself from the underage voting reported during Kano State local government election in February.

«Given that the register was substantially not used to accredit voters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if underage voting occurred in the election, it was not due to any presence of underage registrants on the register of voters.

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Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

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.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this on 4th May at a Press Conference on the Kano State Local Government Election, where there had been reports that underage persons voted in the election.

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

The Kano state government on Monday disclosed that the viral images of underage persons reportedly voting during the Kano local government polls, was recorded during the...

Meanwhile, Nigeria Politics Online gathered that investigation conducted by committee set up INEC revealed that 2,941 underage persons representing 0.43 % of the 693,935 registered voters were on the register Although report submitted by Eight - Man Committee headed by Engineer Nahace says there was no evidence that the underage persons actually voted in the election.

A former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to delist underage voters captured in its voting list.

Secondly, there are many things your underage children are prohibited from: contributing to RRSPs, voting, joining the military, purchasing tobacco & alcohol, working beyond a certain number of hours in a week, and many more similar prohibitions.