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The All Progressives Congress has said it has uncovered a plot by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party to render card readers ineffective on election day.

It says this move is to justify their (Jonathan and PDP) fears about the use of the card readers and ultimately to scuttle the polls.

This allegation was contained in a statement in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

APC said, We can authoritatively inform Nigerians that the morbid fear of card readers by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP has now been translated into concrete action. They have hired an Israeli, Gyora Berger, to do the dirty job of jamming the card readers.

To those who might accuse us of crying wolf, they should realise that every alarm we have raised in the past has been true, including that the Jonathan administration was pushing for the postponement of the elections and that they are mortally afraid of the use of PVCs and card readers

The party added that the Israeli was hired specifically to develop three prototype card reader jammers, which he had accomplished, developing three of such jammers (25 metres, 50 metres and 100 metres range) to be carried in the pockets of trusted PDP stalwarts on election day with a view to disabling the card readers within the state radius.

The party said apart from disabling the card readers, the jammers would also disable all telephones, iPads, etc within the states radius of those carrying them on their persons.

It equally alleged that an order had been placed for 75,000 pieces of the jammers at a cost of $200 per piece, bringing the total cost to $15m.

APC claimed the jammers would be air freighted to Nigeria next week.

It added, The plan is to deploy the card jammers to the areas deemed to be the strongholds of the APC, such as the North-west, North-East, North-Central and the South-West.

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The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the opposition All Progressives Congress of plotting to plunge the country into anarchy over the fears of alleged impending defeat at the general elections rescheduled for March 28 and April 11, 2015.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh, alleged in a statement in Abuja, on Monday that the APC had resorted to creating panic by raising false alarm.

This, the PDP said, was aimed at causing disturbances out of frustration because of the lies and empty promises it hadbeen peddling have been exposed.

The PDP spokesman said the APC had adopted a position to destroy the country if they failed to capture political power.

He alleged further that the leaders of the party had raised several false alarms intended to rubbish the electoral system, create panic and to push the country to the edge of crisis.

National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in his reaction, however, said the PDP was simply reacting to the fact that its desperate plot to frustrate the elections was daily being exposed.

He said, Ask them, didnt we cry out that they were planning to postpone the elections from February 14?Did it not happen? We cried out that they were planning to reject the use of card readers. Did it not happen? When the elections were postponed, did they not rejoice and address the press, welcoming the development?

The truth of the matter is that their plots are leaking every day. Only yesterday, we cried out that they were giving ethnic militias money to demonstrate against Jega. Did it not happen today?

However, Metuh referred to a claim by APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on March 12, 2015, that there were plots to assassinate him and another claim in a statement of the APC on March 15, 2015, where it was claimed that there were plots to assassinate the partys Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.).

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Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, has promised to come up with an attractive salary structure and leave bonus for civil servants in the state if elected into office.

Ambode made the pledge on Friday during an interactive session with permanent secretaries and directors, among other civil servants, at the Adeyemi Bero Hall in Alausa, Ikeja.

He said, In the new deal, both government and unions will seat down to agree on the salary structure and leave bonus arrangement most suitable to the generality of the workers. Also, a quarterly meeting between the governor and the civil servants is also part of the deal that will be designed to make the new dispensation cordial and truly rewarding to the Lagos State workforce.

Ambode also promised to create an avenue, whereby union leaders and civil servants would constantly meet with the government to deliberate on policy making.

He also used the occasion to clear the air on the issue of consolidated salary structure which had reportedly created controversies among civil servants in the state.

He said his government would ensure that the new salary structure met the expectations of the workers.

He said, No single individual, let alone the Accountant General, could have unilaterally changed or adjusted the salary structure of civil servants in the state from harmonised to consolidated salary structure.

While the former allowed for different promotional scales and a leave bonus that is paid at once in the month that an individual chooses to observe his or vacation, the latter has only two grading steps and has the leave bonus spread on the workers consolidated salary every month.

I assure you that things will change. Your leave bonus has always been paid and will continue to be paid. Issues of salary reviews will also be looked into. Cars and housing loans may not necessarily go round, but we will review it and ensure less bureaucracy for those who qualify to access them.

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Labor and the Democratic Party - progressives
Daraka Larimore-Hall reminded us of how unions like the UAW helped shape the Democratic Party into the party of Civil Rights.

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Hillary Clinton's news conference detailing her use of a private email account when she was secretary of State is another great opportunity for us to trust, but not verify. Why? Because progressive politicians always tell the truth. You do remember:

Bill Clinton I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

President Obama If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

Mrs. Clinton I did not email any classified materials.

We do know one guy from the liberal camp who told the truth. Jonathan Gruber, the architect of ObamaCare, told the truth when he spoke about the stupidity of the American voter. Mrs. Clinton proves, contrary to political correctness, that there are stupid people.

Henry D. Sinopoli

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