{"id":48658,"date":"2024-09-15T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=48658"},"modified":"2024-09-15T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:01:33","slug":"csos-urge-kansiec-to-conduct-credible-lg-polls-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/15\/csos-urge-kansiec-to-conduct-credible-lg-polls-in-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"CSOs Urge KANSIEC to Conduct Credible LG Polls in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Democracy Working Group, a coalition of civil society organizations, has tasked the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) to ensure a credible and transparent local government election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by convener Dr. Vincent Okpara Innocent and co-convener Dr. Idris Aliyu Mohammed, the CSOs expressed confidence in KANSIEC Chairman Prof. Sani Lawan Malumfashi&#8217;s ability to conduct a fair election.<\/p>\n<p>The CSOs praised Malumfashi&#8217;s commitment to inclusivity, transparency, and accountability, citing his decision to reduce nomination form prices following a court order.<\/p>\n<p>They urged Malumfashi to make the Kano LG polls a model for other states, leveraging his track record.<\/p>\n<p>The CSOs stated, &#8220;We commend KANSIEC&#8217;s resolve to conduct an inclusive and transparent election. The chairman&#8217;s respect for the rule of law, as seen in the price reduction of nomination forms, is commendable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s endorsement underscores the importance of free and fair elections in strengthening democracy in Kano State and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Democracy Working Group, a coalition of civil society organizations, has tasked the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) to ensure a credible and transparent local government election in the state. In a statement signed by convener Dr. Vincent Okpara Innocent and co-convener Dr. Idris Aliyu Mohammed, the CSOs expressed confidence in KANSIEC Chairman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":48659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-48658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inec","tag-inec"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48660,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48658\/revisions\/48660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}