Pre-Election Briefing on the 2016 Ondo Governorship Election Thursday ,November 24, 2016 Delivered at the Royal Birds Hotel, Akure Introduction Ladies and gentlemen of the press, on behalf of the #WatchingTheVote Working Group of the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), it is our pleasure to welcome you to this press briefing coming...
Ahead of the Ondo State Gubernatorial election slated for November 26th 2016, The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), with support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) held a three-day intensive training for Election Observation Supervisors, drawn from the 18 Local Government Areas of Ondo State. At the training which held in Akure, Ondo...
Introduction The 2016 Ondo State Governorship election is scheduled to hold on November 26, 2016[1]. The election is conducted as an out of cycle election due to the Court of Appeal ruling of 2009, which upturned the April 2007 elections owing to irregularities and ordered the swearing-in of the incumbent Governor[2]. The court ruling resulted...
Ahead of the Nov. 26 governorship election in Ondo State, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Olusegun Agbaje, has warned perpetrators of electoral violence to keep off the state. Agbaje issued the riot act in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Media Manager, YIAGA, Mr David Oluwaseun, on...
A group, the Youth Initiative for Advancement, Growth and Advocacy (YIAGA), has begun training for 18 local government election observers on Watching The Vote (WTV) methodology for the governorship elections in Ondo state. The Media Manager, YIAGA, Mr David Oluwaseun, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Youth Initiative for Advancement and Advocacy Growth (YIAGA) said it would deploy machinery to ensure transparency and credibility in Nov. 26 governorship poll in Ondo state. Executive Director of the group, Mr Samson Itodo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth, and Advancement (YIAGA) will be deploying the Watching The Vote (WTV) Election observation methodology for the November 26 Ondo State Governorship Election. Samson Itodo, Executive Director, YIAGA said this in a statement issued and made available to newsmen. He said that the WTV observation methodology would employ statistical...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Ondo State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has implored all major Voter Education and Publicity stakeholders in the forthcoming governorship election in the state to deploy sustainable and effective strategies that would lead to very high voter turnout and ensure a drastic reduction in incidences of violence. The REC made the...
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