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The All Progressives Congress has demanded a concrete statement from the Independent National Electoral Commission on whether the February elections will be shifted or not.

But the party also warned that no one should interfere with the conduct of the elections.

Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a chief of the party, said the party was not prepared to tolerate any excuses.

Baba-Ahmed, who represented the party at a parley the commission had with all the 26 registered political parties in Abuja, said INEC should double its efforts in the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards.

He said, First of all, we want INEC to make a statement, a very clear statement, that the dates, February 14 and 28 are sacrosanct. No one should interfere with the conduct of the elections on the 14th and 28th of February.

We want INEC to double its efforts to make sure that all voters get their PVCs before the elections. We want INEC to improve on voter education.

In the whole, we feel that INEC is doing its best and we encourage and support it.

This election must go on; there is no going back on these elections. This election must hold on the 14th and 28th of February. We will not tolerate any excuses.

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Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday said the partys presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would inherit a wrecked economy if elected as president in February.

El-Rufai said he too would inherit a bankrupt state after the governorship election if he is elected as the chief executive officer of Kaduna.

The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory spoke at an Organised Private Sectors interactive session in Kaduna.

He said the state had been bedeviled with domestic liabilities totalling N106bn and that most of the monies received or generated internally were used to settle debts.

He said about N700bn had been wasted in the past seven years in the state, a situation he described as most unfortunate.

El-Rufai noted that the nation was presently passing through an economic crisis as it was in 1983.

General Muhammadu Buhari will be inheriting a broken economy like he did in 1983, just like I am going to likely inherit a bankrupt state when we take over power, he said.

He said if elected in the February 28 governorship poll, he would, among other things, develop human capital, ensure a free and compulsory education for the first nine years for all children in the state as well as fix schools and improve teachers training.

He said he would also ensure that the take home salary of teachers were higher than any civil servant in the state workforce.

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Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Monday that change was inevitable in the state next month.

El-Rufai stated this in the ancient town of Zaria as he rounded up his campaign in the northern part of state.

The APC candidate was warmly received by a surging crowd at the Zazzau Emirate.

El-Rufai, overwhelmed by the turn-out of supporters, said the significance of the crowd that ushered him into the Zaria city meant that the people approve that change was inevitable and that a new dawn beckons.

He said, It is almighty God that gives power and we are seeking for this power from Him and the people of Kaduna State. So dont fight anyone, dont abuse anyone, dont blackmail or insult people because of political differences.

Dont abuse peoples parents, instead respect them because they are also our own parents and we hold them in high esteem.

Dont return violence for violence; dont destroy peoples posters, billboards and properties because they did same.

The ex-minister, who was accompanied by hundreds of APC leaders, said the move for change was justified by failed leadership of the state by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government.

According to him, Kaduna is in dire need of a competent and capable sailor and crew to sail the state out of storm.

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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega

The All Progressives Congress and the Nigerian Bar Association have suggested that rather than postpone elections because of the inability of the majority of Nigerians to get their Permanent Voter Cards, the Federal Government should consider declaring a public holiday so that all Nigerians will have enough time to get their cards.

The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), had, last week, suggested the postponement of this years elections by three months to enable the Independent National Election Commission distribute the PVCs, to about 30 million Nigerians who had yet to obtain the cards.

However, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said during a press conference in Lagos on Monday that the February 14 presidential election and the February 28 governorship elections were sacrosanct.

He maintained that the suggestion of the NSA was motivated by the Peoples Democratic Party because the party was scared of losing.

He, however, suggested that the Federal Government should declare a three-day public holiday and also decentralise the distribution of the PVCs further by making it available at polling units.

He said, If indeed the Jonathan administration is genuinely concerned that many Nigerians have not received their PVCs, let it declare a three-day public holiday to give working Nigerians the opportunity to collect their PVCs. Let the government work with INEC to ensure that the PVCs are distributed at the polling units. If these steps are followed, within five days, the distribution would have been completed.

Meanwhile, the NBA has also urged the Federal Government not to postpone the elections.

The NBA in a statement by its National President, Mr. Augustine Alegeh (SAN), said, Positive steps could be taken by INEC to ensure the collection of PVCs by voters. The present practice of the collection of PVCs should be replaced with collection of PVCs at the location where the polling units would be on the election day.

INEC should request the government to declare work-free days to enable voters collect their voter cards. There are several other steps that can be taken by INEC to ease the process of collection of PVCs. The postponement of the elections is not the reasonable solution to resolve the difficulties associated with collection of PVCs.

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