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Below is the list of House of Reps Candidate for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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Below is the list of Senatorial Candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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Below is the list of Presidential candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has approved Eighty eight (88) Observer groups to participate in the 2015 General elections scheduled for

14^thFebruary, 2015 (Presidential and National Assembly) and 28^th February, 2015 (Governorship and House of Assembly). This is sequel to the compliance with the requirements and guidelines issued by the Commission for accreditation of observers.

2.       The above listed groups are to obtain and complete form EPMC 02 for the election from the Elections and Party Monitoring Department INEC Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja between 8am-4pm (Monday-Friday) starting from 15^th to 26^thJanuary, 2015.

3.       To ensure prompt and efficient processing of ID cards, all the accredited Observer groups are enjoined to compile the photographs of their members for deployment on Statebasis along with the names and submit hard and soft copies (CD please using J PEG drive) to the Electionsand Party Monitoring Department, INEC Headquarters on or before 26^th January, 2015.

4.       Please note that distribution of observer kits (including ID cards for individual observers) will be done by the EPM Desk officers at INEC state offices between February 10 -13, 2015.

5.       Meanwhile, the Commission wishes to emphasize that observer groups other than those listed above found in the State for the elections shall be handed over to law enforcement agencies. Also, accredited field observers found in the states other than where they are posted will equally be sanctioned.

5.       Any further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Electionsand Party Monitoring Department, INEC Headquarters Maitama, Abuja. (08036458237, 08060092273, 08036048515)

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORALCOMMISSION

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as the winner of the 2014 governorship elections.

The Returning Officer, Professor Bamitale Idowu Omole, who made the pronouncement at the INEC collation centre along Abere road, said “I hereby declare Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, having satisfied the provision of the Electoral Act, is hereby declared the winner of the Osun state governorship election.”

The APC candidate won elections in 22 out of the 30 local government areas of the state scored a total of 394,684 to beat his main rival and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ODP, Senator Iyiola Omisore.

Omisore, who won in eight local government areas, scored 292,747 votes.
A breakdown of the final results shows that Sen Sunday Fajimi of the Alliance for Democracy scored 1982; Aregbesola of the. APC scored -394684, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade of the Labour Party scored 8898, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the PDP scored 292747, while the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Elder Sunday Akinwusi scored 534.

There have been rumors circulated recently that INEC officials announced on radio that no one is allowed to be with a mobile phone at polling units during election tomorrow. However, we want to dispel the fear of the people of Osun that everyone has a right to handle their mobile phones during the election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting, only said that no one is allowed to take pictures of ballot papers as this will compromise the open-secret ballot system of voting which the Nigerian constitution stipulates for elections, as directed by some parties to their supporters.

“To photograph the ballot paper will be a violation of the secrecy of the ballot. It is illegal and I will urge voters to disregard that directive.” [1]

[1]- http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-snap-ballot-papers-jega-warns-voters/ retrieved 8/8/2014 2:48pm.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second phase of its programme of distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) involving 12 states

The PVCs will now be distributed at the polling unit level in the affected states from Friday, August 15, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014; instead of July 18^th to July 20^thas was earlier scheduled. At the end of the polling unit level distribution, uncollected PVCs will be taken to respective local government office of the Commission for subsequent distribution.

CVR in the affected states will now be from Wednesday, August 20^th, 2014, to Monday, August 25^th, 2014; instead of July 23^rd to July 27^th as was earlier scheduled.

The states involved in the second phase of the programme are Yobe, Bauchi (North East), Jigawa, Sokoto (North West), FCT, Kwara (North Central), Anambra, Ebonyi (South East), Ondo, Oyo (South West) and Delta, Cross River (South South). 

With the rescheduling of Phase 2 of the programme, new dates will be announced later for Phase 3 involving Adamawa, Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Edo and Rivers states.

Kayode Robert Idowu

Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman

Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Rufus Akeju, has been requested to proceed on leave of absence – for his own safety and as his contribution to ensuring the credibility of the state governorship election scheduled for August 9, 2014.