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Scores of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders and youths, on Monday, stormed the Oginibo country home of former Minister of State for Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi in support of his governorship ambition.
Gbagi, a foremost industrialist and entrepreneur, is one of the pioneer fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State and has been on a consultation spree ahead of the 2023 governorship election in the state.
The commercial cyclists, under the aegis of the National Association of Okada Union, at the visit asked the leading governorship aspirant in the state to fly the party’s governorship ticket come 2023.
He said the decision was to help decongest PUs and to give voters a healthy environment to exercise their civic responsibilities during elections.
Prof Shehu said, “There are over five million registered voters in Kano State, with 8,074 PUs and 3,148 VPs.
“As part of our reforms, INEC came up with the mandate of expanding voter access to PUs, and the committee has already recommended converting all these VPs to stand-alone PUs.
“If approved, Kano will now have a total of 11,222 PUs.
“INEC has created Voting Points, Baby Polling Units and Voting Polling Settlements in PUs with more than 500 voters, but that has still not solved the hardships voters face on election days,” he said.
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Despite Early Scare, Anambra Governorship Hopeful Pulls Off Massive Nnewi Health Walk
Despite Early Scare, Anambra Governorship Hopeful Pulls Off Massive Nnewi Health Walk
Nnewi – An invasion of unknown thugs and the resultant destruction of property and events materials for the programme, was not enough to stop the 3rd edition of the Valentine Chineto Ozigbo(VCO) Foundation Walk for Health, from taking place on Saturday in Nnewi, Anambra State.
Very early in the morning, thugs had invaded St Andrews DCC Church, Nnewi, venue for take-off of the Walk and Medical Outreach sponsored by the Foundation, destroyed canopies and partially burned Red Carpet stands for the show.