The Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission,
ENSIEC, Dr. Boniface Eneh has said no candidate was disqualified from
the November 2, 2013 local government election in the state, on
political grounds.
Eneh, who spoke in a media forum at the commission’s office on Friday
said candidates were disqualified either for not fulfilling basic
requirements or for submitting fake credentials and forged tax clearance
certificates.
He disclosed that although six political parties had earlier
indicated interest to participate in the election, only the All
Progressives Congress, APC, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,
and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, actually submitted list of
candidates.
“These parties that indicated interest by inviting us to their
primaries are: Labour Party, (LP), African Liberation Party (ALP),
National Solidarity Democratic Party (NSDP), the All Progressive
Congress (APC), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“These are the ones that indicated interest by way of inviting us to
their primaries and we did attend all the primaries”, he said.
He noted that aside from Labour Party, the other parties followed up
by submitting the names of candidates and the Commission sent in
screening team to the local government for the councillorship positions
while that of chairmen and their vice were done in ENSIEC headquarters.
Eneh further stated that out of the three political parties, only the
PDP chairmanship candidates scaled through the screening process,
adding that the APC and APGA candidates were guilty of non-presentation
of tax clearance certificates.
According to him, while some of the candidates presented mutilated
certificates, others obtained their tax clearance certificates from
other states.
“In the process of the screening there were issues which we have to
look into. Basically for you to be qualified to run for any of these
positions there has to be a certificate; in fact the basic certificate
is school certificate or its equivalent. There is also age difference
between chairmanship and councillorship candidates.
“This issue of tax clearance also came up and many were not cleared
as a result of that. Some presented fake tax clearance certificates,
some presented mutilated tax clearance certificates”.
He further disclosed that one of the candidates presented credentials belonging to a woman.
The ENSIEC boss, however, admitted that apart from councillorship
candidates, no chairmanship candidate from the opposition party was
cleared for the poll.
He said only PDP candidates are contesting chairmanship positions and
that voting would be “Yes” or “No” but that for anybody to win he must
garner 25 percent of yes votes in two-third number of wards in the local
government area.
While dening any form of pressure or control from the state Governor,
Sullivan Chime, he said the Commission was following the law.
He said the time for substitution of disqualified candidates could
not be extended because the Commission’s hands were tied by the State
Electoral Law, even though two out of the three days meant for
substitution of candidates fell on public holiday.
He disclosing that the commission had been dragged to court by
opposition parties, noting that they were not deterred as the Commission
was ready for the elections having procured all the sensitive and
non-sensitive materials.
He, however, disclosed that the APC and the APGA councillorship candidates would stand for the election in some wards.
-daily post
Both
sexes tell lies for one reason or the other, no one is judging. So i
put together the most common lies men tell.You know when ladies sit
together to gossip about their man and they end up saying similar
things, that's how i came about this list.
1. “Me? I graduated top of my class.” This is a classic case of the
runaway male ego, designed to present a man in the best light and
impress a woman. When the lies continue into marriage, it’s not long
before the truth will out.
2. “Of course I like your friends!” The lies to make a woman fall in
love or stay in love account for many truth-stretchers. such as
inflating one’s accomplishments and wearing designer clothes to appear
wealthy and reveal how often they were used in their own relationships.
Men were significantly more likely than women to use such deceptions.
3.“Honey, you’re the best.” One of the most lied-about subjects has to
be sex. Perhaps that’s because it’s the area where we are most
vulnerable. Here again men are likely to lie. In the first rush of
romance it makes sense for a man to engage in exaggerated praise of a
woman’s beauty and sexuality. But “you’re the best” lies can paralyze a
relationship.
4. “No, I can’t call you. I don’t even know where I’ll be.” These are
the sad lies, the ones he tells because he’s falling out of love. The
more quickly a woman seeks the truth behind these lies, the sooner she
can remedy the relationship — or, if necessary, end it. As one friend
puts it, “I’d rather have the ax fall than slip down the endless slope
of uncertainty and frustration.”
5. “That dress isn't too tight. It looks great!” By and large, these
are the good lies — the ones that show he cares. But kind lies can be
too much of a good thing if a man habitually says only what his partner
wants to hear. It sets the woman up for rude awakenings. After all, if
the dress she’s wearing really is too tight, has he done her a favor?
Far better is the tactful truth: “I usually love what you wear, honey,
but it just doesn't look quite as good this time.”
6. “They’re downsizing at work. But don’t worry. They won’t get me.”
Many men still feel paternalistic about the women they love, so they lie
to spare them worry. But these lies can destroy the very sense of
confidence that the man hoped to create. And they can make a woman feel
she is not a respected partner in the relationship.
7. “Sure, I’ll mow the lawn — as soon as this crick in my back goes
away.” There are few things that trouble a man more than a woman’s anger
— or nagging, as he calls it — so he lies to avoid a scene. It is in
“hassle-prevention lying” that men can demonstrate their greatest
versatility. - See more at:
http://queenofrelationship.blogspot.com/2013/10/7-common-lies-men-tell.html#sthash.VbWHwPSN.dpuf
7 Common Lies men Tell
