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APC, PDP Battles For Votes As Polls Results Trickle In
The results are trickling in and so far, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is clearly leading Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West, North-East, North-West and parts of North Central.
So far, Jonathan is only having a good show in Ekiti State in the South-West and Abia State in the South-East from results obtained directly from Polling Units as authorised by INEC.
In the North-East and North-West, Buhari is leading with a wide margin so far.
In fact, in Lagos State, President Jonathan is getting some serious bashing from Buhari.
In Ondo State that is even controlled by a strong PDP governor, the decamping of the deputy governor to the APC is really paying off.
In Oyo State, Buhari is winning. In Ogun State, Buhari is in the lead. In Osun State, Buhari is in clear lead.
However, for Buhari or Jonathan to emerge victorious, he must meet the stipulated constitutional requirements before he can be declared winner. If any of the wo candidates does not meet the requirements, the election will be declared inconclusive by INEC, and a new date set for re-run election.
For instance, Section 134 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution stipulates that: “a presidential candidate will be duly elected after attaining both the highest number of votes cast;
also to have received, at least, a quarter of the votes at each of at least two-thirds of all the states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
“If no candidate satisfies the requirement, a second election will be held between the two leading candidates within seven days from the pronouncement of the result.”
This means that a candidate most have the highest number of the 68,000,000million (suppose every PVC collected ends up a potential voter), he must also get at least, 25% of at least
2/3 of the states of the federation (24 states of the 36 including FCT).
As at the time of filing this report last night, the following results across the country have been announced at either the ward, local government or state levels by INEC officials.
In Borno, confirmed results show that in Marte, APC scored 4262; and PDP got 242 votes while in Kala Balge, APC 1,766; PDP 98 votes.
In Askira-Uba APC 5,220 and PDP 1,308 votes, Ngala, APC 2,764; PDP -241 votes, Kukawa, APC scored 5,662; and PDP – 230 votes, and in Mobbar, APC polled 4,487; PDP – 108 votes.
Also, in Abadam, APC scored 2,657; PDP 70 votes, in Nganzai, APC got 3,521; and PDP got 211 votes, in Kaga, APC scored 6,133; PDP got 202 votes, while in Mafa, APC polled 7,140; and PDP got 178 votes. Bornu has 27 LGAs.
Final results in Ekiti show that PDP has 176,351 while APC has 120,308. INEC officially announced the result in Ekiti State, yesterday.
According to INEC, in Efon, PDP 5,699 and APC 3,103; in Ido Osi, APC 7,433 and PDP 12,479. In Moba, APC 7,492 and PDP 8,687; ACPN 22, AD 26, ADC 19, and in Oye, APC 8,574, PDP 11,262.
Result of Unit 11, Ward 11 was cancelled due to over voting.
In Ikere, APC 7,990 and PDP 14,091; in Ileje Meje, PDP 3,799 and APC 3,000; and in Irepodun Ifelodun, APC 7,970 and PDP 11,395, just as in Emure, APC 5,353 and PDP 6,822.
In Ado Ekiti, APC 14,414 and PDP 25,411; in Ekiti South West, APC 7,195 and PDP 10,220; and in Ekiti West, APC 8,001 and PDP 10,003; in Ise Orun, APC 5,675 and PDP 9,158.
In Ikole, APC 10,026 and PDP 13,306; in Gboyin, APC 6,334 and PDP 8,792; and in Ijero, APC 4,948 and PDP 13,420.
In Ogun State, INEC has confirmed results in 13 LGAs with APC 179,10 and PDP 112,080.
The LGAs include, Odeda, APC 11,102 and PDP 4,456; Imeko Afon, APC 7,657 and PDP 12,153; while Sagamu APC 15,761 and PDP 17,263; Ijebu Ode, APC 14,043 and PDP 8,972.
In Remo North APC 6,164 and PDP 9,278; Ewekoro APC 9,626 and PDP 3,227; Obafemi-Owode APC 15,207 and PDP 5,786; Ijebu North-East APC 7,638 and PDP 6,163; Odogboolu APC 11,623 and PDP 11,405; Abeokuta North APC 21,213 and PDP 5,742.
In Osun State, the full result of the elections have been announced by INEC with APC winning the state.
In Boluwaduro APC got 5,288, and PDP 4,413; Ifelodun APC17,040, PDP9,847; Ila APC 11,576, PDP 7,647; Boripe, APC 12,152, PDP 7,457; Ife North, APC 8,369, PDP 7,921; Ife South, APC 9,793, PDP 9,283; and Ife East, APC 12,513, PDP 15,532.
In Olorunda, APC 26,342, PDP 7,958; Atakumosa West, APC 6,639, PDP 4,734; Atakumosa East, APC 8,668, PDP 5,418; Orolu, APC 8,466, PDP 6,360; Isokan, APC 10,187, PDP 6,974; Ifedayo, APC 3,824, PDP 3,786; Egbedore, APC 9,577, PDP 6,507; Ayedade, APC 13,560, PDP 9,466; Ola-Oluwa, APC 8,125, PDP 5,910; Odo-Otin, APC 13,351, PDP 10,230; Ilesa West, APC 11,714, PDP 5,145; and Irepodun, APC12,485, PDP 7,750.
In Ayedire, APC 8,280, PDP 6,323; Obokun, APC 10,506, PDP 9,325; and Oriade, APC 12,724, PDP 10,490.
Situation report from Lagos shows results from 161 wards at APC444,273 while PDP has 300,838 votes.
We also noticed that the Director General of PDP Campaign Organisation, Ahmadu Ali’s Polling Unit, G.R.A, Idah, Kogi State failed to deliver victory to the PDP, with APC 173 and PDP 128.
In Sokoto, National Security Adviser to President Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, lost his polling unit with APC getting 155 and PDP scored 2.
Some key Jonathan’s men in the South West also failed to deliver victory to the PDP. Senator Obanikoro, Governor Mimiko, OPC leader, Ganiyu Adams, Lagos State governorship candidate of PDP, Jimi Agbaje and PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation’s Media Director, Femi Fani-Kayode lost their wards to APC.
Obanikoro lost Ikoyi Polling Unit with Presidential having APC 62; and PDP 38; Senate APC 58 and PDP 44; Reps APC 56 and PDP 38.
Mimiko lost Presidential election with APC 72 and PDP 22; Adams lost Presidential poll with APC 115 and PDP 45; Fani-Kayode lost Ife unit in the Presidential poll with APC 127 and PDP 45; and Agbaje’s unit also went to APC 126 and PDP 60.
In Ogun State, former president Olusegun Obasanjo delivers his ward to Buhari, with APC 100 and PDP 26.
The APC presidential candidate, Buhari scored 100 per cent of the votes in his Polling Unit, Sarkin Yara ward in Daura with 499 votes to PDP’s 0. There was no invalid vote. Also, Buhari’s running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo delivered his ward PU – 240804033 to APC. In the unit, APC got 718 and PDP got 138.
Similarly, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George lost his PU001 Evans Street, in Lagos Island, Lagos State to the All Progressives Congress, APC, by one vote.
The outcome of the presidential polls declared by the electoral officer, showed that the PDP scored 108, while the APC pulled 109.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar also delivered his Ajiya unit in Ward 02 to Buhari with APC 280 and PDP 60.
Buhari further beat President Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa PU 022, with APC 334 and PDP 241. Buhari also won in Abuja Barracks with APC getting 280, and PDP 213 votes.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, Senator Bashir Lado of PDP and Senior Special Assistant to President Jonathan on School Agric Programme, Hajiya Baraka Sani, who are all residents of Kawaji Ward in Kano State also lost to APC.
Results declared by INEC officials at the unit level indicate that Buhari scored 514 while Jonathan scored 15. APC also won the Senate poll with 442 votes to PDP’s 84, just as APC scored 474 and PDP 47 for the Reps poll.
In Kano, of the seven local government areas, where votes have been released by INEC, APC has polled 213,287 while PDP scored 28, 901.
In Kwara, Buhari scored 211,513 votes against Jonathan’s 90,826. All the three senatorial districts were won by APC.
Ondo State’s Presidential results show that Akoko North-West got PDP 12,048, and APC 17,997; Ose PDP 13,466 and APC 11,300; Ondo West PDP 20,243 and APC 18,923; Owo
PDP 13,757 and APC 27,290; and Irele PDP 11,639, and APC 9,969.
In Akoko South-East, PDP 6,769 and APC 7,245; and Idanre PDP 12,290, and APC 12,654.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for an official State visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed.
Upon arrival yesterday, Shettima was received at the airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, and other members of the Ethiopian and Nigerian diplomatic corps.
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communication, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed this in a statement he signed yesterday, titled: “VP Shettima arrives in Ethiopia for official state visit.”
During the visit, Vice President Shettima will participate in the official launch of Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Programme, a flagship environmental initiative.
The programme designed to combat deforestation, enhance biodiversity, and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change targets the planting of 20 billion tree seedlings over a four-year period.
In line with strengthening bilateral ties in agriculture and industrial development, the Vice President will also embark on a strategic tour of key industrial zones and integrated agricultural facilities across selected regions of Ethiopia.
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RSG Tasks Farmers On N4bn Agric Loan ….As RAAMP Takes Sensitization Campaign To Four LGs In Rivers
The Rivers State Government has called on the people of the state especially farmers to access the ?4billion agricultural loans made available by the State and domiciled in the Bank of Industry.
This is as the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) of Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), a World Bank project, took its sensitization campaign to Opobo/Nkoro, Andoni, Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor local government areas.
The campaign was aimed at enlightening community dwellers and other stakeholders in the various local government areas on the RAAMP project implementation and programme activities.
The Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Maurice Ogolo, said this at Opobo town, Ngo, Port Harcourt City and Rumuodumanya, headquarters of the four local government areas respectively, during the sensitization campaign.
Ogolo said apart from the ?4billion, the government has also made available fertilizers and other farm inputs to farmers in the various local government areas.
The Permanent Secretary who is the Chairman, State Steering Committee for the project, said RAAMP will construct roads that will connect farms to markets to enable farmers and fishermen sell their farms produce and fishes.
He also said rural roads would be constructed to farms and fishing settlements, and warned against any act that will lead to the cancellation of the projects in the four local government areas.
According to him, the World Bank and Federal Government which are the financiers of the programme will not condone such acts like kidnapping, marching ground and other acts inimical to the successful implementation of the projects in their respective areas.
At PHALGA, Ogolo asserted that the city will benefit in the areas of roads and bridge construction.
He noted that RAAMP was thriving in both the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; Lagos and other states in the country, stressing that the project should also be given the seriousness it deserves in Rivers State.
Speaking at Opobo town, the headquarters of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, the project coordinator, RAAMP, Mr.Joshua Kpakol, said the programme would reduce poverty in the state.
According to him, both fishermen and farmers will maximally benefit from the programme.
At Ngo which is the headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area, Kpakol said roads will be constructed to all remote fishing settlements.
He said Rivers State is lucky to be among the states implementing the project, and stressed the need for the people to embrace it.
Meanwhile, Kpakol said at PHALGA that RAAMP is a project that will transform the lives of farmers, traders and other stakeholders in the area.
He urged the stakeholders to spread the information to their various communities.
However, some of the stakeholders at Opobo town complained about the destruction of their farms by bulls allegedly owed by traditional rulers in the area, as well as incessant stealing of their canoes at waterfronts.
At Ngo, Archbishop Elkanah Hanson, founder of El-Shaddai Church, commended the World Bank and the Federal Government for bringing the projects to Andoni.
He stressed the need for the construction of roads to fishing settlements in the area.
Also, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the state and Okan Ama of Ekede, HRH King Gad Harry, noted that storage facilities have become necessary for a successful agricultural programme.
Harry also stressed the need for the programme to be made sustainable.
In their separate speeches, the administrators of Andoni and Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Areas, pledged their readiness to support the programme.
At Port Harcourt City, the Administrator, Dr Arthur Kalagbor, represented by the Head of Local Government Administration, Port Harcourt City, Mr Clifford Paul, said the city would support the implementation of the programme in the area.
Also, the administrator of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Dr Clifford Ndu Walter, represented by Mr Michael Elenwo, pledged to support the programme in his local government area.
Among dignitaries at the Obio/Akpor stakeholders engagement is the chairman, Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council and paramount ruler of Apara Kingdom, HRM Eze Chike Wodo, amongst others.
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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the commencement of personnel audit and skill gap analysis across all cadres of federal civil servants.
The president gave this directive in Abuja, yesterday, while speaking at the International Civil Service Conference, reaffirming his resolve to achieve efficiency and professional service delivery in the civil service.
“I have authorized the comprehensive personnel audit and skill gap analysis across the federal civil service to deepen capacity. I urge all responsible stakeholders to prioritize timely completion of this critical exercise, to begin implementing targeted reforms, to realize the full benefit of a more agile, competent and responsive civil service,” the president announced.
Tinubu further directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), to prioritise data integrity and sovereignty in national interest.
He called for the capture, protection and strategic publication of public sector data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act of 2023.
“We must let our data speak for us. We must publish verified data assets within Nigeria and share them internationally recognized as fruitful. This will allow global benchmarking organisation to track our progress in real time and help us strengthen our position on the world stage. This will preserve privacy and uphold data sovereignty,” Tinubu added.
President Tinubu hailed the federal civil service as the “engine” driving his Renewed Hope Agenda, and the vehicle for delivering sustainable national development.
He submitted that the roles of civil servants remain indispensable in modern governance, declaring that in the face of a fast-evolving digital and economic landscape, the civil service must remain agile, future-ready, and results-driven.
“This maiden conference is a bold step toward redefining governance in an era of rapid transformation. An innovative Civil Service ensures we meet today’s needs and overcome tomorrow’s challenges.
“It captures our collective ambition to reimagine and reposition the civil service. In today’s rapid, evolving world of technology, innovation remains critical in ensuring that the civil service is dynamic, digital” the President said.
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack in her welcome address told the President that his presence and strong words of commendation at the conference has renewed the morale and mandate of public servants across the country.
Walson-Jack described Tinubu as the backbone of driving transformation in the Nigerian civil service, and noted that the takeaways from past study tours undertaken to understudy the civil service in Singapore, the UK and US under her leadership, is already yielding multiplier effects.
Walson-Jack assured Tinubu that her office, in collaboration with reform-minded stakeholders, will not relent in accelerating the implementation of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan, FCSSIP 25.
She affirmed that digitalisation, performance management, and continuous learning remain key pillars in strengthening accountability, transparency, and service delivery across MDAs.
Walson-Jack reaffirmed that the civil service is determined to exceed expectations by embedding a culture of innovation, ethical leadership, and citizen-centred governance in the heart of public administration.