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Former governor of Anambra, Peter Obi, believes that for Nigeria to truly develop, it must ensure that the right people are in positions of leadership.

He made the remarks during a speech to course 4 participants in the strategic management and policy course at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja on Wednesday.

He also believes that there is a need to address waste in the public sector.

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Obi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, said the country must also address the high cost of governance at all levels while developing policies to create public wealth.

“Public wealth benefits everyone, but private wealth depletes the people and the country,” he said.

“Whether we agree or disagree, leadership failure is wreaking havoc on our country, and it could get even worse if we don’t put the right and committed people in charge of critical sectors.”

“My main goals were education, health, and basic infrastructure provision, and I was able to achieve them because we planned our programs using a universally certified development formula.”

Persons in positions of power, he continued, must pledge to ensure good governance and responsible management of public resources in the public interest.

When it comes to pensioners being owed money, he says that “owing people at a time when opportunities are scarce is the worst thing you can do to them.”

He also addressed Nigeria’s debt situation, saying that while borrowing is not inherently bad, it must be used for production rather than consumption.

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Obi, who recently announced his intention to run for president in 2023, urged governments at all levels to improve revenue generation efforts.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that training of ad-hoc staff for the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State will begin soon.

The Corps members’ training will begin in their various Community Development Service (CDS) groups and will last until a few weeks before the election, according to the Commission.

The electoral umpire also stated that it was prepared to deploy registration machines to all wards across the state in order to facilitate the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) process ahead of the gubernatorial and general elections in Osun State.

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Prof. Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, the Osun INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner (REC), stated this in Osogbo on Tuesday while hosting the leadership of the Osun Online Media Practitioners Association.

Raji advised residents to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration to register or transfer their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to polling units near their homes as part of the state’s preparations for the upcoming gubernatorial election.

According to the Osun REC, the commission created new polling units in Osun State to reduce the number of voters in units with large populations.

“By the end of March, we will have completed the State’s continuous voter registration.” However, by the end of March, we will have deployed additional machines, at least one per ward.

“We want residents of the state to use the CVR’s registration window to register or transfer to polling units closer to their homes.” To decongest polling units, new polling units were created.

“In addition, unlike in the past, when we would begin training our ad hoc staff days before elections, we will begin training corps members, who make up a larger percentage of our ad hoc staff, in May.” This will help them become more familiar with our machines and reduce the number of failures we have on election day,” he said.

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The Commissioner, who praised the media for their support of the commission, called for more collaboration before, during, and after the State’s gubernatorial election.

Alhaji Haruna Pai Mohammed, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the FCT Chairmanship elections on February 12, 2022, has described the election in Kwali Area Council as a rape on democracy.

He also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to annul the results, claiming that the process had been marred by large-scale irregularities.

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Mohammed also called for harsh punishments against some traditional rulers who were accused of openly partisanship during the election by influencing voters at polling stations.

He went on to say that monarchs, as custodians of the people’s culture, should remain neutral while acting as fathers to election candidates in accordance with constitutional provisions.

Alhaji Haruna made the remarks to a group of journalists in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Tuesday as they discussed the results of the FCT elections.

Haruna was narrowly defeated in the election by incumbent Kwali Chairman Danladi Bomboi Chiya of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“What happened in Kwali Area Council on February 12 was nothing but madness,” the candidate claims, adding that “the APC did not win any area council election in the just concluded FCT elections, It was not an election but rape on democracy.”

Some people, he said, are clamoring for war, but they haven’t considered who will lose if one tribe attacks another in a fit of rage.

“Are we supposed to kill each other as brothers because of the election?” There are Hausas, Bassas, Gwaris, and other tribes who have been peacefully intermarrying for a long time.

“What happened on election day demonstrated a lack of understanding of what democracy should be among many people.”

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He emphasized that democracy is government by the people, for the people, and by the people, and that interest groups interfering in elections should not be allowed to do so in every election so that the country’s democracy can grow.

“I urge INEC to review the election results and call off the Kwali election,” he said. We will, however, appeal the results to the Election Tribunal.”