INEC/IPAC Impasse: Unbundle INEC Now- IPAC tell Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms: Propose 3 Commissions: a] Federal Electoral Commission [FEC],b]Political Parties Registration and Regulatory Commission,[PPRRC], c]National Electoral Offences Commission[NEOC].

Nigeria Electoral Reforms: IPAC  Propose to Unbundle INEC

INEC/IPAC Impasse: Unbundle INEC Now- IPAC tell Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms: Propose 3 Commissions: a] Federal Electoral Commission [FEC],b]Political Parties Registration and  Regulatory Commission,[PPRRC], c]National Electoral Offences Commission[NEOC].

By Professor Uche Okorie: Senior Political Analyst: National Peoples News: ISSN: 1595-0549

The abysmal performance of INEC and Professor Mahmood Yakubu that has failed the Nation in the task of conducting free, fair and credible election is no news. 

Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s INEC is a failure as they conducted the worst elections in Nigeria’s history. All the elections conducted by Professor Mahmood Yakubu since 2016 when he took over the affairs of INEC are characterized by widespread rigging, violence, snatching, and stuffing of ballot boxes, inconclusive elections, election postponement, underage voting, vote-buying and selling, falsifications of results, deaths, shame, and grieves and cannot be said to be free, fair nor credible. This has created voter’s apathy and Nigerians are no longer coming out to vote during elections because they believe their vote does not count anymore. 

The need to address this tragedy demands a total rebranding and repackaging of INEC, the electoral institute, and the Commission.

This has made IPAC- [ Inter-Party Advisory Council ]–the highly respected association of the  Chairmen  of 91 registered political parties of the Nigerian Federation made up of highly respected Professors, Doctorate and Master degree holders, Lawyers and exclusive intelligentsias of the Nigerian Federation put heads together and proffer solutions to the Nigerian electoral impasse so that they can work with the Senate and the House of Representatives to re-navigate Nigeria’s Democratic dispensation to glorious dawn, that Professor Mahmood Yakubu has crashed with his shenanigans.

In the white paper and Communiqué released recently by IPAC after a two days summit on how to move Nigeria out of the Woods tagged “Solutions to Electoral Problems of Nigeria” made available to the Media by the National Director of Planning and Policy HE Prince Frank Ukonga, the IPAC document offered the following panacea:

1] The imperatives of Unbundling INEC into three Commissions:

 IPAC observed that that the workload on INEC was too heavy and too much as INEC is saddled with the responsibility of conducting elections, Registration and monitoring of political parties and their activities as well as the responsibility of Electoral Offences. In every election circle, INEC has nothing less than 8000 court cases and more than 4000 electoral offenses court cases. These herculean tasks IPAC Observed is responsible for the abysmal failure of INEC under Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Whence IPAC offer that INEC be unbundled into three:

 a] Federal Electoral Commission [FEC],

IPAC offers the creation of a new Federal Electoral Commission that would be charged with the responsibility of conducting elections in Nigeria. The duty of the proposed FEC is only to conduct free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.

b] Political Parties Registration and Regulatory Commission,[PPRRC],

IPAC offers the formation of the Political Parties Registration and Regulatory Commission [PPRRC] to be charged with the duties of Registering Political Parties, Monitoring Political Parties and keeping political parties on their toes to live up to the expectations of their constitutions and manifesto. This would upscale the quality of service delivery of political parties and the ruling government to the electorate.

 c]National Electoral Offenses Commission[NEOC].

The formation of the National Electoral Offenses Commission is highly supported by IPAC and though the bill on the formation of the Commission has passed public Readings and it is hopeful that the bill will soon come into effect as a law

There are other several proposals for the Electoral Reforms Committee in the IPAC White paper and to facilitate these great initiatives of IPAC the President In Council of IPAC in the IPAC Executive meeting has appointed a 5 member IPAC/ National Assembly Liaison Personnel of erudite IPAC intelligentsias to liaise with the Senate and the House of Representatives to facilitate these great ideals and transform the Nigerian electoral system to conform with international best practices.

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INEC/IPAC Impasse: Plot to Kill Multi-Party Democracy Exposed: & Comparative Analysis of Number of Political Parties by Countries, Population and GDP: As Nigeria has 91-Parties, UK-492 Parties, South Africa- 560 Parties, Benin-301 Parties, Senegal-250 Parties, India-2,599 Parties, USA-1200 Parties, Russia-86 Parties, Gambia-96, Ethiopia-76, Turkey -87, Togo- 48, France- 92 Parties etc

Plot to Kill Multi-Party Democracy in Nigeria Exposed

INEC/IPAC Impasse: Plot to Kill Multi-Party Democracy Exposed: & Comparative Analysis of Number of Political Parties by Countries, Population and GDP: As Nigeria has 91-Parties, UK-492 Parties, South Africa- 560 Parties, Benin-301 Parties, Senegal-250 Parties, India-2,599 Parties, USA-1200 Parties, Russia-86 Parties, Gambia-96, Ethiopia-76, Turkey -87, Togo- 48, France- 92 Parties etc

By Dr. Aderibigbe Ifatimilehin: Senior Political Analyst: National Peoples News: ISSN: 1595-0549

The INEC argument that Nigeria has too many registered political parties as a reason to deregister political parties are fallacious, misleading and a faulty reductio de absurdum at best only propaganda being orchestrated by INEC  Commissioner for Voter’s Education Barrister Festus Okoye and INEC Spokesperson.

Nigerians are not stupid nor are they illiterates; A Nation cannot be an island unto itself; that is the more reason a comparison of what obtains in other climes is necessary before jumping to the conclusion as to whether Nigeria has more than necessary political parties for our population of 250 million peoples and a GNP of $1,12 Trillion Dollars.

In this contest of universal comparison with other democracies of the world showed that Nigeria with 91 registered political parties had the least number of political parties in comparison with her large population of over 250 million peoples and a GNP of over $1.12 Trillion Dollars and the largest economy in Africa and the third-largest democracy in the world.

In other climes like India has 2,599 registered political parties to a population of 1.33 Trillion peoples and a GDP of $2.6 Trillion Dollars, South Africa has 560 registered political parties with a population of 40 million peoples just about the size of Eastern Region of Nigeria by population and GDP. The Benin Republic has over 301 registered political parties almost 4 times the number of Nigeria’s 91 parties and has only a population of 11.2 million peoples and GNP of 25 billion dollars just about the size of Edo state by population, size, and GNP. The UK has 492 parties to a population of 66.4 million peoples, Russia has 87 political parties to a population of 145 million, USA has 1200 Political Parties to a population of 325.7Million people. France has 96 political parties to 66.99 million peoples, Germany has 89 political parties to a population of 83.9 million peoples, Senegal has 250 political parties to a population of 15.8 million peoples and a GDP of $16.4 Billion dollars just about the size of the Kebbi state of Nigeria. Togo has 48 political Parties with a Population of 7.9 million peoples and a GNP of $12.2 billion dollars just about the size of Anambra state in population and GNP and territorial integrity. The Gambia has 96 political parties to a population of 2.42 million people, Ethiopia has 76 parties to a population of 114 million peoples, Turkey has 87 political parties to 84.3 million peoples.

Our research on if any democratic country for the past 80 years has deregistered political parties for any reason in the entire world is that no country in the entire world have ever deregistered political parties after registration. The registered parties are allowed to grow organically from small, to middle age and to old age and to die naturally or merge with other political parties.

The question is from where did Nigeria have the culture and idea of deregistering political parties? These were the kangaroo constitutional alterations started by the PDP government in 2007 in order to evolve into a one-party state and to rule Nigeria forever; the PDP then ruling government pushed into the constitution obnoxious, diabolical alternations as to win one seat in a general election for the reason of continuous existence of political parties. 

The APC failed government which is a splinter and offshoot of the PDP met this trend and also are articulating it through the unconstitutional illegal section 225A of the 4th constitutional alternation in order to form a one-party state of APC to rule Nigeria forever. So the propaganda that Nigeria Parties are too many is a fallacy, untrue and a faulty reductio de absurdum addressed to achieve the diabolical plot of establishing the APC government as a one-party state to rule Nigeria forever. 

In the theories of Advance Mathematical induction of differentiation and Partial Fractions when you continue to deregister political parties after every general election for whatever flimsy reasons and register new Parties you will impoverish the political constituency, wary them out, outspent them and after a portable repeated delisting you would end up with one Party remaining; as in a continuum of Self destruct of the polity.

As explained above all Nigerians now know the truth and we appeal to you all to allow Multi-Party democracy to grow and flourish in Nigeria.  Nigeria is ripe for at least 200 political parties which if well supported could play oversight functions of Job creation, invest in farming, healthcare, banking, support for youth women and the vulnerable, invest in Agriculture, industries, Education, environment etc…which are provided for in the various manifestos of these political parties.
We must tell you that the federal government of Nigeria does not fund any political parties nor does she give them grants or any financial support, so the parties are not a burden to the taxpayers as the promoters use their personal resources to fund these parties and contribute to the advancement of the Nigerian Federation as stakeholders.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja under the incorruptible remarkable Justice Anwuli Chikere on the 17th of February 2020 has stopped INEC from deregistering any political party in Nigeria through a permanent interlocutory injunction but INEC has refused to obey the court orders.
We solicit your understanding and cooperation now that you know the truth of the diabolical plots of the cabals to strangulate the gains of multi-party democracy from the peoples of Nigeria and establish a feudal one party aristocracy it is your duty to stand up and say no to this diabolical agenda of the sophists.

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Breaking News: IPAC Blast Senate Bill to ban Generator Sets: Says “it is the Most Unpatriotic, Obnoxious, Retrogressive and Deontological Bill ever conceived in Nigeria and the entire World and would under develop Nigerians worst than the Tripartite Tragedy of Slavery, Colonization, and Imperialism that Ravaged and Destroyed Africa”

IPAC Blast Senate over the Generator Ban Bill; HE Prince Frank Ukonga-IPAC National Director for Policy and Planning Says the bill is unpatriotic, unconstitutional, retrogressive and obnoxious.

Breaking News: IPAC Blast Senate Bill to ban Generator Sets: Says “it is the Most Unpatriotic, Obnoxious, Retrogressive and Deontological Bill ever conceived in Nigeria and the entire World and would under develop Nigerians worst than the Tripartite Tragedy of Slavery, Colonization, and Imperialism that Ravaged and Destroyed Africa”

By Kudaisi Amotekun- Political Desk Editor- National Peoples News: ISSN -1595-0549

HE Prince Frank Ukonga the National Director of Policy and Planning of IPAC-Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria which is the prestigious Association of National Chairmen of Political Parties, blast the Senate and all the Legislatures over the obnoxious, ill-conceived bill to ban generator sets and imprison both sellers and users of generator sets for ten years.

The proposed bill is unconstitutional as it violates the rights of Nigerians to own economically useful properties movable and immovable, it is also counterproductive as the Buhari led APC government has failed woefully to generate electricity beyond 3000MW which is grossly inadequate to power Nigeria as Nigeria needs a minimum of 200,000MW electricity in international standard practice to power the Nation.

   APC government rigged themselves into power with campaign promises of solving the epileptic electricity generation and distribution but rather than go back to work and provide electricity they are ganging up to destroy, stigmatize and underdevelop Nigeria by proposing to ban the use of generator sets as the only viable alternatives to keep Nigeria from darkness and total death of industries and the Small and medium scale industries that employ over 98% of Nigerians. This stupid, retrogressive bill would further create massive unemployment and push more Nigerians to live below poverty levels, exacerbate crimes, hunger, kidnappings, anarchy and ravage the entire country.

We assert that this is the most retrogressive, unpatriotic and deontological bill ever proposed since the beginning of Nigeria and the entire world of legislations as it has the potency to underdevelop, and fragment Nigeria worst than the tripartite tragedy of Slavery, Colonization, and imperialism.

Instead of telling the failed Buhari led APC government to buckle up to live up to campaign promises of providing electricity for Nigerians or impeach him for the inability to provide electricity the Senate are ganging up to finally destroy the last hope of industrialization and small and medium scale industries that employ over 98% of Nigerians with the help of power generator sets…the situation is unfortunate, hopeless and despicable. Whence we call on all Nigerians and the international community to help save Nigeria from the hands of these sons and daughters of darkness, from these set of irredentist nihilists that are hell-bent on killing and violating the Sons and daughters of the Living God.

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Top World News: CUPP Blast Gov Ganduje over Emir Sanusi Lamido’s Dethronement and Banishment Says “It is Barbaric, Illegal and Unconstitutional”-Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere CUPP Spokesperson.

The CUPP Spokesperson Barristoer Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere with Prince Frank Ukonga of DA, Professor Godwill Nnaji of BNPP, Chief Bar Keneth Udeze of AA and other party Chairmen at the World Press Conference held in Abuja today 10/3/2020  blasting the dethronement and banishment of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Barbaric, Illegal and Unconstitutional

Top World News: CUPP Blast Gov Ganduje over Emir Sanusi Lamido’s Dethronement and Banishment Says “It is Barbaric, Illegal and Unconstitutional”-Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere CUPP Spokesperson.

By Sikiru  Aribisala -Desk Editor of National Peoples News: ISSN:1595-0549

The Spokesperson of the Coalition of Opposition Parties the CUPP Hon Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere speaking to the Media through a well attended world Press Conference organized by the Coalition of United Political Parties [CUPP] in their Headquarters in Abuja today lambasted the Kano state governor Alhaji Umar Abdullahi Ganduje over the dethronement and banishment of the former Emir of Kano Emirate Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, which he described as Barbaric, illegal and Unconstitutional.

He said “the dethronement and banishment is barbaric, illegal and unconstitutional and a mundane assault on our constitution and a violation of the fundamental human rights of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as a Nigeria citizen provided for in sections 34,35,36,38,39,40,41, and 43 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.”

“His right to dignity of the human person, right to personal liberty, right to a fair hearing, rights to freedom of thoughts and conscience, rights to freedom of expression, rights to peaceful assembly and association, rights to freedom of movement and rights to own immovable properties anywhere were flagrantly violated by the Kano state government and cannot be condoned in a democracy as such it is autocratic and dictatorial and directly conflicts with democratic constitutions and ethics..” He continued.

The CUPP Spokesperson warned that no governor or president has the right to banish a Nigerian citizen or forcefully move him to any location in violation of his right of movement, rights to life and multitude of other laws except by order of the court. And he cited the appeal court case of Governor of Kebbi State vs HRH Mustapha Jakolo[2013]where the appellant court condemned and declared the banishment and deportation of a deposed king as unconstitutional. “Is the Kano state governor above the law”? He asked.

The CUPP advised Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to seek redress in court and pledged support of 3million Naira to the Legal team.

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Hottest World News: “HRM Sanusi’s Dethronement is unfortunate & a Setback for the Progressives of the North and Nigeria”- HE Prince Frank Ukonga –Nat Chairman of DA Explodes

HRM Sanusi Lamido Sanusi- former Emir of Kano: HE Prince Frank Ukonga DA-National Chairman said the dethronement of the Emir is a setback to the Progressives

Hottest World News: “HRM Sanusi’s Dethronement is unfortunate & a Setback for the Progressives of the North and Nigeria”- HE Prince Frank Ukonga –Nat Chairman of DA Explodes

 The dethronement of HRM Sanusi Lamido Sanusi the Emir of Kano by the Governor of Kano state HE Alhaji Ganduje for reasons of not attending crucial meetings, disrespect, and insubordinations; HE Prince Frank Ukonga the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party, on the behalf of all Members of DA offers the following observations:

1] We at DA-Democratic Alternative Party as progressives received this news with shock.

2] Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s removal from office is a setback to all the progressives of the North and Nigeria, as he articulated from his vantage position as the Emir of Kano to bring about changes in  Northern Nigeria, in the context of rapid socio-economic empowerment of the Northern people through the advocacy of positive education, gender equality, Support for Women, Youth, Almanjiri and the vulnerable, affordable healthcare programs, eradication of poverty, progressive economic policy thrust for the North and Nigeria, rapid infrastructural development and much more.

3] Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as former CBN Governor was also contributory immensely to the progressive ideals of Banking Consolidation, economic and currency stability, prudent Economic Management policy thrust and the paradigm shift in the Nigerian Economic foreign policy thrust to the Sino -Nigerian Relations and the Russo-Nigerian Relations that is currently paying off in the context of the recent harvest of successes achieved in bilateral Relations through these paradigm shifts.

4] It is our earnest hope that the erudite Banker, philosopher, intelligentsia would bounce back to contribute more to the progress and prosperity of   Nigeria and the Black Race in generality.

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Global News: $22.7 Billion Dollars Loan: HE Prince Frank Ukonga DA Nat. Chair, blast Senator Ordia- Senate Committee Chair for Local & Foreign Debt for Exclusion of Edo state and the Mid -West Region in the Nationwide Infrastructural Development Loan

HE Prince Frank Ukonga the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party in Agbada with Senator Mathew
Oroghide of Edo South Senatorial district with Senator Clifford Ordia  of Edo Central Senatorial district in Red caftan

Global News: $22.7 Billion Dollars Loan: HE Prince Frank Ukonga DA Nat. Chair, blast Senator Ordia- Senate Committee Chair for Local & Foreign Debt for Exclusion of Edo state and the Mid -West Region in the Nationwide Infrastructural Development Loan.

Senator Clifford Ordia is the Senator Representing Edo State Central Senatorial District of the Nigerian Federation and Chairman Senate Committee on Local & Foreign Debt. While HE Prince Frank Ukonga is the National Chairman of the great Party the Democratic Alternative Party DA- which is the third-largest party in Nigeria and the Third Force among 91 registered political Parties. HE Prince Frank Ukonga is also the National Director of Policy and Planning of the Prestigious IPAC-Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria.

Speaking to the Press on the issue of the $22.7 Billion Dollar loan recently approved by the Senate for President Buhari for Nationwide Infrastructural development HE Prince Frank Ukonga kicked against the approval of the loan by the senate saying it could be wasted and sleazed and this would plunge Nigeria into a great debt burden.

The Amiable Prince added that; what pains me most is that my Friend and compatriot from same state Senator Clifford Ordia is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Local & Foreign Debt that Chaired the entire $ 22.7 Billion Dollars loan drama and he did not include any specific project for Edo state nor the Mid -West when Senator Odia knows full well that our road of  – Lokoja-Okene-Ibillo- Igarra[Akoko Edo]- Auchi-Ekpoma-  Benin Road and the Ekpoma-Auchi  -Igarria-Ibillo-Owo-Akure –Ife –Gbagan Road  are the worst Federal Government  Roads in Nigeria that needed urgent repairs. He knows the great suffering his people at Edo Central and my peoples at Edo North are suffering as we are completely landlocked and lockdown and it is imperative to open up this Region through good roads and rails for any meaningful development to come in. But Senator Clifford Ordia signed off the destiny, future, and fortunes of his peoples and my peoples by his indiscretions of excluding us from the entire National infrastructural development game plan. It is pathetic and despicable. We appeal to the Senate to go back to the drawing board and do the needful.

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"Happy International Women's Day" HE Prince Frank Ukonga, the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party Explodes on the behalf of all Members of DA:

Thisday the 8th of March 2020 as we celebrate the International Women's Day HE Prince Frank Ukonga the National Chairman of the great Party Democratic Alternative, On the behalf of all the members of our great Party we great all our female members and all women of the world Happy Women's Day Celebrations.

Our Prerogatives at DA-Democratic Alternative is dedicated to gender equality, support for women and women empowerment and in this context all-women contest elections under the DA Banner on free tickets. All women are exempted from paying nomination fees or any fees at DA. And we also support them financially during and after elections.DA in 2019 elections fielded more women, youth and the Vulnerable in the election than any other Party in  Nigerian History.

DA is the third force in fielding quality candidates in Nigeria among 91 parties that took part in the 2019 elections the  DA fielded over 1350 candidates only second to the APC and the PDP that fielded 1500 Candidates in the elections.

DA the Third Force in the Nigerian Democratic Dispensation was massively rigged out in the 2019 elections and the powers that be are planing nocturnal plans to deregister DA- because they are afraid that one day Nigerians would wise up ad vote DA to power.

Whence We call on all women of Nigeria and all women of the World to Join, Vote and Support DA

We promise not to let you Down but to set forth at dawn. Gratitude..

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