INEC published the final list of Candidates
Saturday, January 19, 2019
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The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has published the final list of Presidential and National Assembly candidates for next month’s general elections with the ruling All Progressives Congress APC missing out in Rivers and Zamfara states. In the list signed by the INEC Secretary, Rose Orianran-Anthony, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP was also missing. There has been a legal tussle between Dr Donald Duke and Prof. Jerry Gana as to who is the right presidential candidate of the SDP, hence INEC said it could not publish the particulars of either contender as the party has not forwarded it any name following a court order. The Federal High Court had barred the APC from fielding candidates in Rivers and Zamfara following the inability of the ruling party to resolve its internal challenges and respect its own rules on the conduct of its primaries. Meanwhile, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has asked Vice Chancellors of federal universities in Nigeria not to give the commission lecturers who are politically exposed. Professor Yakubu spoke at the opening of a meeting with the Committee of Vice Chancellors CVC in Abuja to intimate them on the commission’s preparations for the general elections. “As in previous elections, we have requested each University for a specified number of academic staff as contained in my letter to the Vice Chancellors. Staff who are card carrying members or have participated in partisan politics should not be nominated. Similarly, those who may not be involved in partisan political activities but are known to have obvious political leanings should not be nominated. The Commission will carefully scrutinise the list which must be submitted confidentially in the manner prescribed by Commission in my letter to the Vice Chancellors”, he said.
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