No election is an end by itself and must be treated as such by all. Mar 01, 2019 the 35% voter turnout was down from 44% in the 2015 presidential election and way down from the 54% turnout in 2011. Nigeria elections 2015 results trickle in as nigeria. Chibuike rotimi amaechi con, to rumuoparaeli in obioakpor lga, for the funeral service of late hon. General elections in nigeria should continue to be technologically managed. The elections will be conducted by nigerias election management body, the independent national. In fact, turnout for nigerian presidential elections has been dropping at an. Nigeria presidential and national assembly elections the. Today latest breaking news and top stories from nigeria and. A nigerian newspaper and online version of the vanguard, a daily publication in nigeria covering nigeria news, niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports. The election marked the first time an incumbent president had lost re election in nigeria. Democracy has failed in nigeria when voters no longer care. Mahmood yakub said this is achievable with the support of the national assembly, tasking the lawmakers to expedite action on. Nigeria s electoral commission inec has said that its officials were subjected to threats, harassment, intimidation, assault, abduction and even rape during last weeks presidential election.
Nigeria elections 2015 results trickle in as nigeria decides. View the latest news and breaking news today for u. It is africas largest country with a population of about 170 million people. General elections were held in nigeria on 28 and 29 march 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Fayemi condemns disturbing election violence in ekiti signal. A new senate was elected for nigeria on march 28 just as a brand new president and members of the house of representatives were chosen.
Elections 2015 in nigeria news live updates and results. The independent national electoral commission inec has suspended saturdays bye election into the ekiti east state constituency seat after violence broke out during the polls naija news understands three persons were killed during the violence which erupted while not less than three other persons including a police operative, a nysc corps member, and an inec official sustained gunshot. In preparation for the 2015 election inec trained more than 150,000 election officials and introduced a number of technological innovations aimed at curbing electoral fraud and increasing voter confidence in the electoral process. With election observers and citizen reporters on the ground we will bring together a wide range of information, news, analysis and incident reports on the upcoming elections over the coming weeks. By chinwe ogbuka, assistant director publicity th january 2021. Join us here for the live update of the governorship and state houses of assembly elections on april 11, 2015 thank you. Systemic weaknesses leave the process open to abuse by. In preparation for the 2015 election inec trained more than 150,000 election officials and.
The election was originally scheduled to be held on 2 april, but was later postponed to 4 april. Inec to transmit election results manually vanguard news. Pdf the use of the smart card reader scr in the conduct of the 2015 general elections by the independent national electoral commission. Nigerians elects on the federal level a head of state the president of nigeria and a legislature the national assembly. Nigeria s electoral body, the independent national electoral commission inec on tuesday said manual accreditation of voters will be considered during the 2019 general election. Elections in nigeria 2015 general elections the international. A presidential election was held in nigeria on 16 april 2011, postponed from 9 april 2011.
Earlier today, the caretaker zonal secretary of the southsouth chapter of the all progressives congress apc, was in the entourage of the performing minister of transportation and southsouth apc leader, rt. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970, followed by a succession of democraticallyelected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until achieving a stable democracy in 1999. Nigeria vote delay upsets locals in boko haram areas boko. The elections were first scheduled to be held on 14 february 2015. The highly competitive 2015 elections tested the nigerian electoral arrangements. For example, despite all the melodrama, president jonathans exit after the much tensed elections in 2015 is just like yesterday. Abacha administration nov 1993 june 1998 corruption continued under general sani abacha and when he died, it was revealed that bribes were paid to government officials to ease the award of a gas plant construction in nigeria. The house of representatives has 360 members, elected for a fouryear term in singleseat constituencies. Step by step process and update on pre election and post election matters indebt,factual and genuine analysis. Inec suspends ekiti byeelection as 3 persons get killed. Niger republic and our 2019 elections vanguard news. Sdn covers 2015 nigerian elections in southern states sdn.
Feb 08, 2015 8 feb 2015 residents and officials in nigeria s northern borno state have expressed their disappointment after the electoral commission announced it would postpone elections until march 28, six. Also, it was the ibb regime that annulled the only successful election in the history of nigeria in june 12, 1993. The observer group deployed across nigeria from 2529 march 2015. President goodluck jonathan and general muhammadu buhari as well as other. Inec will not succumb to electoral banditry, says okoye. Today latest breaking news and top stories from nigeria. The chairman of inec, professor mahmood yakubu, the spokesperson of the apc presidential campaign council, festus keyamo, and the comptrollergeneral of the nigerian. The nigerian general elections held at a time there were heightened security challenges. The independent national electoral commission inec was established by the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria to among other things organize elections into various political offices in the country. The 33 pages document obtained by the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja said smart card readers scrs and permanent voter cards pvcs would be used for the forthcoming elections. Nigeria elections 2015 economic community of west african. The presidentelect was swornin on 29 may 2015, marking the first time since nigeria gained independence in 1960 that a sitting government peacefully transferred power to an elected member of the opposition. Whether you are local nigerian or an international observer stay.
Free subscription get the hottest stories from the largest news site in nigeria. In their areas of deployment the teams liaised with police, local election officials, civil society groups and party officials. Governorshipstate assembly elections record low turnout. During four days of briefings, the group met with inec, some presidential candidates, political party representatives, the nigeria human rights commission, civil society groups, youth representatives, news media, commonwealth high commissioners, and national. The independent national electoral commission inec was established by the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria to among other things organize elections into various political offices in. The nigerian 2015 general election is one of the elections in the world that drew lots of attention and analysis as a result of its uniqueness and the many successes and challenges recorded which. In exercise of the powers conferred by the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria 1999 as amended and the electoral act 2010 as amended, the independent national electoral commission inec herein referred to as the commission issues the following regulations and guidelines for the conduct of elections general. Ahead of the 2019 polls, inec instituted several reforms, including simultaneous accreditation2 and voting, the posting of results at polling units, improved voter.
As anxiety continues around nigeria over the outcome of the presidential election conducted by the independent national electoral commission inec on saturday, february 23, the electoral umpire is fully prepared for the results. Okoye was speaking on the decision to indefinitely suspend the saturday ekiti east state constituency 1 election held in ekiti state. The incumbent president, goodluck jonathan sought his second and final term. The independent national electoral commission inec said on thursday that with the proposed reform of the electoral act, the 2019 election may be the last mainly manual election in nigeria. Statement of the national democratic institutes international. However, the electoral commission postponed it by six weeks to 28 march, mainly due to the poor distribution of permanent. It is only nigeria elections that do have foreign observers because our system is corrupt, how many countries have we gone to observe their elections but they keep coming to our country. Presidential candidates, signed an undertaking on 14 january. This was a very primitive way of conducting elections, 2015 election was better than this. Mar 20, 2021 is an investigative news platform that tracks news on nigerian economy, business, politics, financial and africa and global economy. News and analysis leading up to the 2015 elections in nigeria. Indeed the 2023 nigerian general elections are just by the corner and already beckoning. According to inec, nigeria s electoral body, 68, 833, 476 nigerians will be eligible to vote in the 2015 general elections this day, 2015 from proposal.
Rather than focus on the impact of fake news on the 2019 general election after all, social media did not conduct elections in nigeria, yakubu and senior inec officials should be advised to. The senate has 109 members, elected for a fouryear term. Nigerians elect state governors amid concerns over. Voters elected the president and members to the house of representatives and the senate. The observer group was present in nigeria from 25 march, 2011. Inec to consider manual accreditation for 2019 elections. Training of election officials is not only critical, but also central to the conduct of free, fair and credible elections. No wonder, some countries have 5 or 6 yearly tenures.
Governor godwin obaseki of nigeria s main opposition party has won re election in southern edo state, officials said sunday after the nations first poll since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The group divided itself into teams that covered benin city, enugu, ibadan, kaduna, lagos, and the federal capital territory abuja. Inec cancels ekiti byelection over violence naija247news. Mar 10, 2019 an official of nigeria s independent national electoral commission inec attends to a voter in port harcourt, rivers state, on march 9, 2019, as voting has started to elect governors and. This violence is most unwarranted, and deeply disturbing, fayemi said, according to a statement signed by his spokesman, yinka oyebode. Mar 21, 2021 mr festus okoye, inec national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, made the vow in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan, on sunday, in abuja.
Out of the over 68 million registered voters, about 56, 431, 255 people collected their permanent voters cards pvcs as indicated by inec vanguard, march 24, 2015. Mar 09, 2019 nigerians voted on saturday for state governors and assemblies in an election observers said was marred by violence, low turnout and the overbearing presence of security forces. Nigeria vote delay upsets locals in boko haram areas. Nigeria presidential and national assembly elections.
Nigerians elect state governors amid concerns over violence. Nigeria became a formally independent federation on october 1, 1960. Northeast nigeria has also been wracked a decadelong battle with islamist militants has spilled into neighboring countries and led to the deployment of. A parliamentary election was held in nigeria on 9 april 2011. Guidelines for political rallies and campaigns inec nigeria. This preliminary statement is offered by the international observer delegation fielded by the national democratic institute ndi to nigerias. Nigeria 2015 presidential, national assembly elections live updates results. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos from nigeria and the world on today. The exercise also generated a lot of international interest owing largely to the fact of her strategic importance to the ecowas region, the continent and the global community. Regulations and guidelines for the conduct of elections. The independent national electoral commission inec has declared that the 2019 general elections may just be the last mainly manual election staged in nigeria.
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