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To perpetuate males and preclude females from private and public sector governance comes at a huge cost to companies and the country. The 2023 policy thrust of national and subnational governments needs to veer off this male-chauvinistic trajectory.
It is not uncommon for election results to be disputed if there is a perception that the process was unfair. In such cases, the electoral laws provide for aggrieved parties to seek redress through the electoral tribunals and the courts.
Strange bedfellows orchestrated his defeat to General Muhammadu Buhari – a palette of opportunistic politicians of every hue under the heavens who invented the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Further analysis showed that 15 states do not have a single female elected lawmaker in the just concluded state houses of assembly elections.
#DailyDataCard: Voter Turnout across States in the 2023 Presidential Elections (Part 1)
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Despite INEC’s efforts to organise a hitch-free general election, several flaws manifested on the election day. First, was the late arrival of electoral officials in some polling units, insufficiency of election materials, inability of some electoral officials to operate the BVAS machine, to mention but a few, were visible.
Officially, nine of the 11 governors who sought re-election in the March 18 polls held across Nigeria have been returned by INEC for another term of four years.
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Makinde is the second governor to win re-election in Oyo State after the late Abiola Ajimobi. He is a member of G-5 Governors who opposed the candidacy of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
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The governor defeated his closest challenger and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oladipupo Adebutu, who scored 262, 383 votes.
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He is a former commissioner for lands in Akwa Ibom and will succeed Emmanuel on May 29, 2023.
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The REC said that INEC would not allow the missing gadgets to be used for the elections, assuring that election results would be uploaded in real time after the voting process.
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Low voter turnout has been witnessed across Nigeria as 28 states conduct their 2023 governorship and state house of assembly elections today.
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There were reported cases of opposition intimidation in Lagos, with several voters prevented from getting to their polling units. Ethnic profiling was also commonplace, and many polling units were invaded and attacked, with voters chased away.
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Nigeria has a lower probability of electing a young governor who is between 35 and 40 years in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, according to Dataphyte analysis.
Lagos is characterised by high political participation but the least voter turnout. Several factors are responsible for this.
