PDP : 2014 WARD CONGRESSES

2014 WARD CONGRESSES FOR 3 AD-HOC DELEGATES
ELECTORAL COMMITTEES & ELECTORAL APPEAL PANELS
Part I 2(i) of the Electoral Guidelines for 2014 Primary Elections of the Peoples Democratic Party stipulates that each Ward Chapter of the Party shall elect 3 (three) Ward Ad-Hoc Delegates at a Special Ward Congress for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of Governor of a State, member of the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) and member of the State House of Assembly. The Guidelines also state that at least one of the three Ad-Hoc Delegates so nominated shall be a woman.
Accordingly, the National Working Committee (NWC) of our Great Party has nominated the following Party members to serve on Electoral Committees and Electoral Appeal Panels for the conduct of Special Ward Congresses nationwide on Saturday, November 1, 2014.
AKWA-IBOM STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Sen. Abdul Azeez .A. Ibrahim - Chairman
2. Mrs. Franca Ikwueze - Member
3. Hon. Jafaru Mohammed - ,,
4. Alh. Saidu Garba - ,,
5. Mr. Noble Akenge - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Cosmos Ugwese - Chairman
2. Mr. Stanley Akiotu - Member
3. Hajia Fatima Gambo - Member/Secretary
BAYELSA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Prince Adesina Buraimoh Ademuyewo - Chairman
2. Hon. Saratu Mamman Jawo - Member
3. Hon. Iniobong Oki - ,,
4. Francis Adigwe - ,,
5. Alh. Mohammed Shittu - Member/Sec.
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Prof. Israel Owate - Chairman
2. Philip Alechenu - Member
3. Dr. Sylvester Omaji - Member/Secretary
CROSS RIVER STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Alh. Shu’aib Oyedokun - Chairman
2. Hon. Rabi’u Bako - Member
3. Sen. Emmanuel Anosike - ,,
4. Akeem Animasaun - ,,
5. Barr. Yakubu Maikyau - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Hon. Suleiman Kokori - Chairman
2. Mrs. Victoria Madaki - Member
3. Blesson Akpoluma - Member/Secretary
DELTA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Josephine Anenih - Chairman
2. Hon. Bernard Ochepa - Member
3. Liman Kwande - ,,
4. Sen. J.K. Brambaifa - ,,
5. Lawrence Onyekachi Ezenwa - Member/Sec. (08066413799)
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Gen. Moh’d Ibrahim Gana (Rtd) - Chairman
2. Hon. Sani Toro - Member
3. Chief Kitoye Eke - Member/Secretary
EDO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Chris Agbobu - Chairman
2. Hon. Frank Anioma - Member
3. Engr. (Mrs.) Chinwe Mbah - ,,
4. Alh. Ibrahim Bashir - ,,
5. Hon. Ejike Ani - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Hon. Gbenga Oduwaiye - Chairman
2. Alh. Ya’u Garin Gabas - Member
3. Alh. Farouk Ahmed - Member/Secretary
RIVERS STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. Yakubu Gambo - Chairman
2. Dr. Olu Ayewoh - Member
3. Chief (Mrs.) Uzo Nwandu - ,,
4. Suleiman Lawal Kauru - ,,
5. Mr. Chuks Akwitti - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Afarm Okeke - Chairman
2. Mr. Lambat Oparah - Member
3. Mr. Ferdinand Ibezim - Member/Secretary
ADAMAWA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Sen. Bala Adamu - Chairman
2. Hon. Daniel Gomai - Member
3. Mal. Shareef Audu - ,,
4. Mrs. Adeola Arabi - ,,
5. Engr. Greg Amajoyi - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Prof. Ani Offiong Ani - Chairman
2. Engr. Moh’d Sani Jabaka - Member
3. Barr. Mouktar Abubakar - Member/Secretary
BAUCHI STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Mr. Bulus Dureng - Chairman
2. Hajia Aisha Kaita - Member
3. Aminu Labaran - ,,
4. Hon. Salisu Dabo - ,,
5. Princess Dunni Odu - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Abba Tata Gana - Chairman
2. Hon. Danjuma Mele - Member
3. Emmanuel Asufi - Member/Secretary
GOMBE STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Bashir Bukar Rimin Zayan - Chairman
2. Hon. Jeffrey Moses Owor - Member
3. Hajia Hauwa Kida - ,,
4. Zakari Adibo - ,,
5. Barr. Ibrahim Garba - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chief Ebenezer Babatope - Chairman
2. Dr. Audu Jacob - Member
3. Bello Mahmoud Jama’are - Member/Secretary
TARABA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. Akilu Indabawa - Chairman
2. Chief Victor Okereke - Member
3. Hon. Udo Ekpenyong - ,,
4. Ahmed Musa Kumo - ,,
5. Princess Busola Balogun - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Hon. Abdullahi Gumel - Chairman
2. Dedan Babale - Member
3. Mrs. Jamila Danladi - Member/Secretary
JIGAWA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Prince Kayode Adetokunbo SAN -Chairman
2. Bala Shu’aibu - Member
3. Hon. Aminu Suleja - ,,
4. Nwaebuni John-Chux - ,,
5. Dr. Hauwa Husseini - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Ibrahim Jalo - Chairman
2. Usman El-Kudan - Member
3. Chief (Hon.) Darius Obiene - Member/Secretary
KADUNA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. Steve Oru - Chairman
2. Mohammed Baba Iyali - Member
3. Hon. Phillip Olabode - ,,
4. Hon. Bature Umar Sambo - ,,
5. Arc. Benson Ezem - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chief Tunde Akindehin - Chairman
2. Dr. Arab Rukuje - Member
3. Musa Ahmadu - Member/Secretary
KANO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Alh. Abdullahi Ohiamah - Chairman
2. Hon. Abubakar Mijinyawa - Member
3. Dr. Godson Nnaka - ,,
4. Dr. (Mrs.) Joy Agi - ,,
5. Hon. Bade Falade - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Alh. Suleiman Mohammed - Chairman
2. Jude Efienokwu - Member
3. Barr. Amina .S. Junaidu - Member/Secretary
KATSINA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. HE Celestiane Omehia - Chairman
2. Dallami Tashan Durumi - Member
3. Gida Yinwada - ,,
4. Dr. Bashir Balarabe - ,,
5. Charles Menegbo - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Engr. Tony Utuk - Chairman
2. Aminu Sankara - Member
3. Mrs. Ifeoma Agbomah - Member/Secretary
KEBBI STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Mansur Rabiu Malumfashi - Chairman
2. Sen. El-Jibril Doguwa - Member
3. Abdullahi Kankara - ,,
4. Hon. Sanya Ominrin - ,,
5. Sa’adatu Abdullahi Girei - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Prof. Jerry Agada - Chairman
2. Patrick Aiden Diwa - Member
3. Barr. Barth Igboke - Member/Secretary
SOKOTO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. ahmed Bawa Abimuku - Chairman
2. Sen. Mathew Mbu - Member
3. Mrs. Chidinma Onyekwelu - ,,
4. Hajiya Zainab Kamilu - ,,
5. Alh. Habibu Mustafa - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Sen. Umaru Tsauri - Chairman
2. Barr. Vincent Okpaleke - Member
3. Barr. Saratu Umar - Member/Secretary
ZAMFARA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Ado Dogo - Chairman
2. Clement Ali Kato - Member
3. Alh. Abubakar Bello Maroki - ,,
4. Mohammed Garba Baba - ,,
5. Barr. Danjuma Maina - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Adeshina Agbebe - Chairman
2. Alh. Hussaini Baba - Member
3. Richard Arisco Osemwengie - Member/Secretary
ABIA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Barr. Tony Ceasar Okeke - Chairman
2. Hon. Alimi .Y. Abubakar - Member
3. Sam Owa - ,,
4. Sen. Caleb Zagi - ,,
5. Chief Allwell Igbo - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Mrs. Ashanti Bekwai - Chairman
2. Bilkisu Magoro - Member
3. Wale Ogunrinde - Member/Secretary
ENUGU STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. AIG Mohammed Abbas (Rtd) - Chairman
2. Chief Rowland Guobadia - Member
3. Ken Egba - ,,
4. Dr. Henry Adagaba - ,,
5. Alh. Usman Shehu Idris - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chief Monday Elere - Chairman
2. Alh. Usman Idris - Member
3. Chief Akin Taiwo - Member/Secretary
EBONYI STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. Musa Babayo - Chairman
2. Sen Saidu Umar Kumo - Member
3. Dr. Collins Udofia - ,,
4. Chinyere Oguguo - ,,
5. Barr. Maidugu Bashir - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Hon. Dennis Alonge - Chairman
2. Elder Tade Bello - Member
3. Mr. Adoga Ibrahim - Member/Secretary
IMO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Mohammed Kumalia - Chairman
2. Barr. Nnamdi Akani - Member
3. Chief Taiwo Akeju - ,,
4. Mr. Joe Edem - ,,
5. Chief Damian Enekwachi - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chief Patrick - Chairman
2. Hajia Amina Bambado - Member
3. Alh. Dahiru Yabo - Member/Secretary
ANAMBRA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Sen. Zik Sunday - Chairman
2. Tochukwu Cornelius Okeke - Member
3. Babangida Modibo .U. Dasin - ,,
4. Chief Okon Akpanosong - ,,
5. Pascal Uzo - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Yakubu Abdullahi - Chairman
2. Joseph Irimagha - Member
3. Tope Ademiluyi - Member/Secretary
PLATEAU STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Jack Tilley Gyado - Chairman
2. Hilda Nyan - Member
3. Mrs. Hannatu Ullam - ,,
4. Dr. Tony Okam - ,,
5. Engr. Abdulazeez Usman - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chinedu Nmandi - Chairman
2. Mohammed Tunde Umar - Member
3. Hon. Maroof Akinwande - Member/Secretar
BENUE STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Chief Chike Udenze - Chairman
2. Andetarang Irammae - Member
3. Hon. Adamu Kalba - ,,
4. Prince Emeka Eze - ,,
5. James Katagum - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Umar Nadada - Chairman
2. Ubong Udoh - Member
3. Akin Oyegoke - Member/Secretary
KOGI STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Chief Maxwell Okudoyi - Chairman
2. Alh. Zubairu Ismail - Member
3. Hon. Chris Iroegbu - ,,
4. Hajia Nana Saulawa - ,,
5. Patience Ofori - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Bashir Awotorebo - Chairman
2. Solomon Kewa - Member
3. Hon. Nasiru Mohammed - Member/Secretary
NIGER STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Mr. Okechukwu Nnadozie - Chairman
2. Yeye Bola - Member
3. Obinna Uzor - ,,
4. Amb. Abdullahi Bage - ,,
5. Hon. Tijjani Kumalia - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Hon. Nuhu Sani - Chairman
2. Nasir Nasir - Member
3. Barr. Wale Ojo - Member/Secretary
NASARAWA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Chief Ishola Filani - Chairman
2. Engr. Dan Ohiomoba - Member
3. Mohammed Mustapha Sukola - ,,
4. Dr. Kabir Illelah - ,,
5. Dr. Victorial Bellu - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Babatunde Mohammed - Chairman
2. Ibrahim Abdulraham Michika - Member
3. Eze Nneamaka - Member/Secretary
KWARA STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Sen. Iyiola Omisore - Chairman
2. Dr. Charles Nwekaku - Member
3. Mallam Umar Abdullahi - ,,
4. Albert Amacheree - ,,
5. Sule Labo Gise - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Barr. Ody Ajike - Chairman
2. Hon. Halima Labbo - Member
3. Mohammed N. Tanko - Member/Secretary
F.C.T, ABUJA
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. (Mrs.) Angela Mba - Chairman
2. Hon. Adejare Bello - Member
3. Hon. Magaji Umar - ,,
4. Kabir Dabo Kankiya - ,,
5. Hussaini Yerima - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Dr. Umar Sani Hauwa - Chairman
2. Valentine Obi - Member
3. Hajia Maryam Lamian - Member/Secretary
LAGOS STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Amb. Obed Wadzani - Chairman
2. Mr. Leye Olabode - Member
3. Barr. Amuwa Benson - ,,
4. Shade Balogun - ,,
5. Kole Omololu - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Garba .D. Yusuf Anchau - Chairman
2. Tambo Horsfall - Member
3. Briskila Mujambo - Member/Secretary
OGUN STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Dr. Saka Balogun - Chairman
2. Chief Eddy Abang - Member
3. Barr. Chinwe Mbakwem - ,,
4. Alh. Mohammed Mongana - ,,
5. Okey Aduradu - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Dr. J.O. Omuya - Chairman
2. Hajia Sa’adatu Alkyabba Kaltungo - Member
3. Barr. Fatima Jimeta - Member/Secretary
OSUN STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Abraham Jatau - Chairman
2. Princess Mary Ekwe - Member
3. Barr. Nonye Nwagwu - ,,
4. Mrs. Nafisatu Garba Zungum - ,,
5. Mr. Foluso Craig - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Chief Maxwell Okudoh - Chairman
2. Mr. Gbenga Oladele - Member
3. Stephen W. Kibadu - Member/Secretary
ONDO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. Hon. Austin Opara - Chairman
2. Sen. Lekan Mustapha - Member
3. Dr. Bayo Faforiji - ,,
4. Kabir Usman - ,,
5. Mrs. Ngozi Enyia - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Panel
Name
1. Abdulmalik Mahmood - Chairman
2. Chief Oke Ezenwa - Member
3. Jumba Kachallah - Member/Secretary
OYO STATE
Electoral Committee
Name
1. HE Ali Sa’ad Birnin Kudu - Chairman
2. Gabriel Oluohu - Member
3. Hon. Mohammed Bichi - ,,
4. Tony Okocha - ,,
5. Amb. Sonny Abang - Member/Secretary
Electoral Appeal Pane
... Those whose passports had been collected earlier for the purposes of maniputing the process should present themselves to be so elected in the various Wards in Cross River State or risk being thrown out.

THE POWER OF ONE: ALL YOU NEED IS ONE VOTE

THE POWER OF ONE:
ALL YOU NEED IS ONE VOTE
One Vote Can Make All The Difference
 

It’s true. A single vote can change the course of a local election – or it can even change history!

Consider these examples:

*By one vote in 1875, France chose a republican rather than a monarchical form of government.
*One vote cost King Charles I of England his head in 1649.
*President Andrew Johnson survived his Senate impeachment trial by a single vote.
*1776 One vote gave America the English language instead of German.
*1876 One vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the Presidency of the United States of America.
*1923 One vote gave Adolf Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party.
*1941 One vote saved the Selective Service - just weeks before Pearl Harbor was attacked.
*California, Oregon, Texas, and Washington were each admitted as states by a margin of one vote each.

For those people that believe their vote doesn’t count, they couldn’t be more wrong. If the course of history was changed by a single vote, imagine what a single vote will do for a local race.

Leave the crowd Mentality and take just one vote to the polls!

BY CRV ADMIN

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THE ERA OF SMART POLITICS IN NIGERIA

THE ERA OF SMART POLITICS:
Electronic campaigns and social media elections

Social media, governance and politics increasingly go hand in hand these days. In Nigeria, politicians are joining the online community in droves to communicate with their audiences. They are quick to tell you that though the online community does not vote, they are a key demographic who shape and influence perception.  The only problem with this, is that social media users on the continent are typically a small portion of the population, middle class –and educated.  Elitist is often the label thrown on politicians who are involved in extensive engagement with the online constituency as the offline majority feel they are excluded from conversations about their welfare and policies that affect them.

Whilst Twitter and Facebook are still some of the fastest ways for politicians to connect with their audience, they are also an instant way to get ‘feedback-mobbed’. An important lesson is know your topic and audience; if you tweet or write something on any social media platform, be able to explain or defend it if need be. Nigerian public officials are learning this lesson on a daily basis. On the 5th of July 2014, a special adviser to a public official in his support for the German football team enthusiastically tweeted ‘Hail Hilter’ (Heil Hitler).  

In a post-1949 world, a swastika is not a fashion accessory and Third Riech sympathizers are not viewed favorably, so you can imagine the backlash.  In another society this comment could have sparked a diplomatic row.

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his cabinet were the poster kids of social media, with his 2011 campaign being launched on Facebook. However, social media is also used to critique (and sometimes fiercely comment on) his governance, the cabinet and the First Lady with memes and parody accounts. Interestingly he also enjoys strong support from advocates as they record his before and after Jonathan successes often on social media. 

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is another a social media anomaly who infamously holds the record of being the first Head of State to personally engage in a twitter feud with a journalist- Guardian UK writer Ian Birrell. Whilst loved by many, he is also accused of strong-arming the opposition; leaving him with a reputation of being both sides of a coin. Evidence of this can be found on almost every online platform. In 2013, New York Times writer Jefferey Gettleman profiled Kagame in his piece ‘The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman’. He described him as someone who wasn’t used to confrontational questions and was a bit taken a back ‘by how quickly he flipped from friendly to imperious’. Kagame is an interesting case study of the growing use of social media by high profile politicians; he may not engage often but when he does, you’re sure it’s him. Twitter feud aside, Birell found it admirable that ‘a leader engaged so personally with him through a new form of communication’.

1984, Big Brother is watching you, what you say online remains online. This is crucial to remember for any online activity, even if deleted immediately, thousands may have already seen and documented it. The internet never forgets. A recent example is when Nigeria’s Defense Minister on a lazy Sunday afternoon tweeted  “Cold beer 4 dis hot sun” ; a simple enough tweet as it were, but one which invited a barge of disapproving comments and heckling. It was deleted soon after, with a statement following alleging the account had been hacked.

Elections are not won by social media or are they? India reportedly has 103 million social media users from a population of over 815 million people; 93 million are on Facebook and 33 million on Twitter. These numbers however represent mainly a middle class, just like Nigeria.  

Indian politicians are aware of these statistics and took advantage of it in their campaign strategies earlier this year. Political party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) even urged online supporters to donate a tweet or Facebook status to them. The 2014 election was described as India’s first social media election by CNN.  According to them, President Modi’s BJP party hired social media experts to work on the campaign with the underlying premise that “Some campaigns are not just for promotions, but to create conversations.”

In Nigeria, this rings true if the June 21st 2014  Ekiti elections are anything to go by. John Kayode Fayemi (JKF)was the popular candidate on social media; known as a thoroughbred intellectual with sound policies and ideas on moving the state forward.  For months preceding the election, the online Nigerian community were kept updated about his activities and engaged with him personally in the run up to the election. Even I found myself participating in debates and conversations about Ekiti, keenly waiting for the results. However, when Ekiti decided, the victor was Ayo Fayose, a former governor who was apparently the preferred choice of non-social media users. Jokes about stomach infrastructure soon followed with JKF being called an elitist and Fayose, the man with the ‘common touch’ who  understood the real needs of the people (in this case, branded bags of rice).  It would be an over exaggeration to attribute JKF’s failure to his focus on social media but it does beg the question of the influence it wields offline.

At last check, most major players in the Nigerian political arena and government officials have some form of a social media footprint. With a little over 200 days left to the 2015 elections, dozens of accounts which have had little activity are beginning to come out of dormancy. Social media consulting is the new black and with credentials such as being part of a US President’s social media team being bandied around, the world will find out soon enough if social media has a significant impact or only plays a supporting role in deciding who Nigeria’s next president will be and who Cross river State's next Governor will be come 2015...

AUTHOR - RIMINI MAKAMA
EDITED BY - CROSS RIVER VOTES ADMIN

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