News

Osun Update: Residents Await Results with Eagerness

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By Funmi Adekoya

As residents of Osun State await the result of the State Assembly Election, candidates in the election have been urged to accept the outcome.


Speaking with Radio Nigeria while expressing his view on the Election, member House of Representatives- Elect, Mr Bamidele Salam made the call.


Mr Bamidele Salam who observed that, the election was peaceful, commended INEC officials for comporting themselves as well as security agencies for doing their job well.


He, however, lamented low voter turnout, which he noted was as a result of the state not having governorship election unlike other states.


In a separate interview, former Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salam who commended the Electoral body for peaceful conduct of the election urged the candidates not to see politics as a do or die affair.

However, at Ward 10 and Ward 6 in Olaoluwa local government many voters complained of being disenfranchised due to faulty BVAS.


One of the INEC Adhoc staff, who confirmed the situation said they were still waiting for another BVAS as at the time voting ended.


Places visited by Radio Nigeria crew included Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, Ejigbo, Iwo and Ola-Oluwa local government areas, while in Osun West Senatorial District recorded a peaceful electoral process.

Politics

Candidates, Voters Express Divergent Views over NASS Polls in Ogbomoso

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Olayiwola/Lara Ayoade/Morenike Esan


Candidates into National Assembly in the ongoing general elections and voters at Oyo North Senatorial district have expressed divergent views on the security of the today’s election in Ogbomoso land.

Although, voters trooped out en mass to exercise their civic right but residents did not comply with movement restrictions as few vehicles and motorcycles were seen plying the roads.

In her submission, the candidate of Social Democratic Party,SDP for Oyo North Senatorial district, Alhaja Mulikat Akande said security agents were not enough for the exercise which allowed vote buying and movement of the voters.

In a contrary view, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent senator of the district, Senator Abd-fatai Buhari noted that security of lives and property in the elections were guaranteed with enough combined security agents parading major flash points to avoid election violence.

Both candidates scored INEC high for the preparation of the general elections, particularly, the use of the Biomodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS).

As at the time of filing in the report, voting had been completed in some polling units in Ogbomoso Land.
In another development, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Oyo Federal Constituency, Mr Kamil Akinlabi has advised INEC to allocate more time for the training of youth corps engaged as adhoc staff for the elections to ensure smooth operations of the exercise.

Mr Akinlabi observed that many adhoc staffs found it difficult to operate BVAS machine thereby causing the voting process a bit slow.

He commended the courage and matured manner exhibited by the voters during the whole processes of the elections.

Politics

INEC Makes Public Details of Candidates for 2023 Elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Oyo State has published personal particulars of Governorship, Deputy Governorship and House of Assembly candidates of the eighteen political parties in the state.

    INEC Administrative Secretary, Alhaji Biodun Onikate-Amosu made this known in a statement in Ibadan.

    Alhaji Onikate-Amosu explained that the publication was in line with the scheduled timetable for the 2023 general elections and Electoral Acts, 2022.

     He pointed out that section 29 subsection 3 of the Electoral Acts provided for publication of the personal particulars of candidates as contained in Form EC9 within 9 days of its receipt.

   Alhaji Onikate-Amosu, who hinted that the list had been pasted at the commission’s state office, Agodi, Ibadan and 33 local government areas offices, appealed to the public to use the opportunity to scrutinize the detail bio-data of candidates and seek judicial redress for any noticable violation of law as provided in Section 29 of the INEC Electoral Act, 2022.

 Sherifdeen Nashirdeen

Education

UTME candidates encounter challenges at CBT Centres in Ekiti

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Some candidates sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB in Ekiti State have lamented over the malfunctioning of the machines using for accreditation and computer set meant for the examination.

Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored the exercise in Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, EKSU reports that, as at eleven o‘clock in the morning the candidates were yet to commence the examination.

In an interview, some of the candidates expressed dissatisfaction over the development and called on JAMB management to proffer solution to such, as the examination continues.

Also, parents of some of the candidates at the EKSU centre including Prince Kunle Adeniyi and Mrs Rose Ogundele described the development as uncalled for.

Meanwhile, at the Ekiti Anglican Diocesan High School, Ile Abiye CBT centre and Phoenix CBT centre Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, the examination went smoothly as there was no case of computer system malfunctioning as confirmed by some of the candidates.

The examination started as scheduled in other centres visited in Ado and outside the state capital, as the first and second batches students have sat for the examination.

Radio Nigeria observed the presence of security operatives, particularly officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, at the centres visited.

Ekiti State has twelve CBT centres located in Ado , Oye, Ijero, Ikere, Igede and ikole Ekiti.

JAMB UTME which started today is expected to end on the sixteenth of this month with about two million candidates registered for the Examination nationwide.

Niyi Alade

Politics

“Our candidates will be chosen based on merit” – Oyo Labour Party Chairman

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Selection of flag bearers for Labour party in the 2023 general elections will be based on merit rather than highest bidder.

Chairman of the party in Oyo state, Mr Sadiq Atayese stated this while featuring on political space, a Radio Nigeria interview programme.

Mr Atayese said the leadership of the party would ensure that all those who emerged as its candidates were selected based on performance through consensus.

Mr Atayese noted that the party would be focusing mainly on positions at the state level in the 2023 general elections and expressed optimism that Labour party would win seats at the house of assembly.

He noted that though it was difficult to win elections in Nigeria without money, Labour party would present a scorecard that would be attractive to the masses.

He said Labour party was the party for all and encouraged people to join the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The Labour party chairman said the party would also ensure that any of its candidates who emerged victorious at next elections implemented the party’s manifesto.

Mr Atayese added that the manifesto of the party was in line with the basic aspirations of the people which included provision of quality education, security and other social amenities.

Oluwakayode Banjo