INEC And Imperative Of Constituency Delineation
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and
Agriculture (NACCIMA) will on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 hold its 57th
Annual General Meeting (AGM).
This year’s AGM is geared towards electing a new President and National
Officers to pilot the affairs of the Association for the next two years.
The 57th AGM has as its theme: “Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria: An
Impetus to Economic Recovery,” is scheduled to take place at the June 12
Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun
Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/news/naccima-holds-57th-agm-conference/
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ABUJA – Full-blown
trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,
kicked-off before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, with a
police officer, Mr. Victor Ehiabhi, narrating how he helped the
defendant to receive N26million from Office of the National Security
Adviser in 2014.
Ehiabhi who testified as the first prosecution witness, PW-1, identified
himself as an Intelligence Operative with the Force Intelligence
Bureau.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
ABUJA – Full-blown
trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,
kicked-off before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, with a
police officer, Mr. Victor Ehiabhi, narrating how he helped the
defendant to receive N26million from Office of the National Security
Adviser in 2014.
Ehiabhi who testified as the first prosecution witness, PW-1, identified
himself as an Intelligence Operative with the Force Intelligence
Bureau.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – Full-blown trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, kicked-off before the Federal High Court in Abuja on
Tuesday, with a police officer, Mr. Victor Ehiabhi, narrating how he
helped the defendant to receive N26million from Office of the National
Security Adviser in 2014.
Ehiabhi who testified as the first prosecution witness, PW-1, identified
himself as an Intelligence Operative with the Force Intelligence
Bureau.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/collected-n26m-nsa-office-fani-kayode-police-officer-tells-court/
Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara recently called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to begin, in earnest, the process of constituency delineation ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The call by the Speaker which was no doubt timely also re-echoed similar demands by stakeholders across the country for delineation of constituencies. Constituency delineation or (delimitation) implies process of equitable division of geographical locations into units of constituencies for electoral representation in governance.
The essence of constituency delineation is to invest democratic governance with equity of representation of all sections of the country. As situation currently demands, there is the need for re-delineation of some constituencies in Nigeria to correct existing imbalances of representation based on population and the need to resolve contiguous issues that have arisen since the last exercise was conducted. Against this backdrop therefore, there is the need to acknowledge there has been preponderance of demands for constituency delineation prior to the 2015 general elections.
It must be admitted, for the avoidance of doubts, that these demands are legitimate and within the ambit of the constitution as well as the electoral law and therefore should be considered apposite for deepening the quest for effective representation in the democratic process.
There is no justification for the unnecessarily long delay that has characterised re-delineation of some constituencies in Nigeria. Whereas proper constituency delineation is crucial to the democratic process in determining appropriate representation based on the numerical strength of the constituents as determined by the population of a given constituency, it would appear the exercise is not being accorded the desired priority by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
It must however be appreciated that constituency delineation, given the prevailing realities, is bound to elicit controversies.
POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:04/25/2017
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