With the reality dawning on President Goodluck Jonathan that he may lose the February 14 presidential polls, the incumbent and PDP candidate today indicated that he was considering voicing a vote of no confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

President Goodluck Jonathan Sahara Reporters Media
Evidence of Mr. Jonathan’s jitteriness and his latest strategy emerged in a statement released by Femi Fani-Kayode, the director of media and publicity for the PDP presidential campaign organization. At a news conference held in one of the houses owned in Asokoro, Abuja by Tony Anenih, the PDP board of trustees chairman, Mr. Fani-Kayode said the PDP was not happy the way INEC has been dealing with the issue of academic credentials of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“The electoral body must come clean on this matter; otherwise we will be compelled to pass a no-confidence vote in it,” the president’s publicist said. “If INEC is complicit in the desperate and despicable attempt to extricate General Buhari, without compliance with the provisions of the law, from this lingering embarrassment, we will have no other choice than to harbor the suspicion and fear that the electoral body is already compromised and can lend itself to the ungodly agenda of truncating our victory when our candidate wins.”
Text of a press conference by the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday, January 28, 2015

NTA New Orleans China Fam Trip Creates Model for Future Projects

        MAKES THE WORLD BETTER FOR HUMAN EXISTEN.

PHOTO: Haybina Hao, director of international development for NTA. (Photo by David Cogswell)

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After conducting a familiarization tour of New Orleans for China inbound tour operators during the days leading into the National Tour Association’s annual conference last week, Haybina Hao, director of international development for NTA, says the association’s China inbound tourism program is booming.
Tour operator members of the National Tour Association (NTA) are handling 40 percent of China's inbound tourism. The high percentage is not surprising, since any operator working in the China inbound market has to get approval from the Chinese government, and that process is handled through the NTA.
Through a memorandum of understanding signed by NTA and the Chinese government in late 2007, the travel association set up a Visit USA office in Shanghai to help facilitate inbound tourism from China. The office operated for three years, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
After the Brand USA act was passed by Congress in 2010, Brand USA set up an office and a presence in China, which effectively takes the place of NTA’s Visit USA office in creating a presence for U.S. inbound tourism in China. And after that NTA moved its China inbound program back to the U.S.
Meanwhile, of all of NTA’s programs, that one single program, the China inbound tourism program, has spurred growth in NTA membership to such a degree that a China inbound operators now account for a quarter of the association’s approximately 700 tour operator membership.
NTA also has members that are not tour operators, including hotel companies and other travel suppliers and destination marketing organizations. The China inbound tourism market is of enormous significance and potential for all of them.
The market is growing rapidly and its potential is at a scale that is almost incomprehensible. China’s nearly 1.4 billion people were allowed to travel internationally only in recent years, and to the U.S. only since 2008. Before 2008, when the U.S. was given Approved Destination Status by the Chinese government, the only Chinese people who could travel to the U.S. were government sponsored groups of government officials or business elites.
But now, with the doors open and a rising middle class that is gaining the economic means to travel abroad, the numbers are accelerating rapidly. From 2006 through 2013 the visitor numbers quadrupled, from 320,000 to 1.8 million.
Last October U.S. visa regulations were relaxed, allowing Chinese visitors to get visas that last 10 years instead of only one, as before. And that is having an additional effect, driving the growth even more. The trend is gathering momentum rapidly and it has only begun.
Introducing New Orleans
NTA, in coordination with the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, brought 19 people representing 13 China inbound tour operators to the Crescent City to look at what is available to their clients. Most of the tour operators that participated in the fam trip are based in the U.S. Two were based in China.
NTA’s Haybina Hao, who is in charge of NTA’s China inbound program, told TravelPulse that the fam trip was a success and accomplished its objectives.
“The New Orleans CVB presented several key elements of what New Orleans has to offer,” said Hao, “Really the best ones, including a plantation, a swamp tour, a jazz club and the food of course. They presented it as a nice package and at a nice pace in two days plus an evening.
“I think they sold the city quite successfully because I spoke to several operators and they said this is very sellable and ‘We are going to work on this.’”
The trip gave the participating operators a chance to become acquainted with local receptive tour operators that they may be able to do business with in the future.
Learning the Ropes of a New Market
NTA is tackling two issues that have emerged as the China inbound tourism program has evolved. One was that the tour operators who wanted to sell U.S. inbound travel had limited knowledge of the destinatioins.
“Our operators knew about the gateway cities,” said Hao, “but very little about rest of country.”
A second issue was that the destination marketing organizations were trying to promote themselves to travel companies in China.
“They didn’t think about the folks who are right here,” said Hao. One of the ways NTA could help promote the growth of the market was to put those destination marketing organizations in contact with tour operators who are operating in that market but are U.S. based. “We could educate those folks about the tour operators that are right under their noses."
Structure of the Market
There are three categories of tour operators that are working in the China inbound market, said Hao. One is traditional, mainstream tour operators who have been in place for a long time and are owned by mainstream American companies. An example is Star Destinations.
A second category contains new companies that are owned by Chinese immigrants, who came to U.S. and started a company to focus on the inbound China market.
A third category is companies that are operations within larger companies, such as Shanghai Spring Tours, which is a division of Shanghai Airlines.
“They established a branch in California,” said Hao. “It looks like a small operation but it’s connected with a giant company.”
Floodgates Opening Wider
Tourism companies that want to cater to the China inbound market are now bracing for an increased flow since the U.S. visa regulations were relaxed last October, allowing Chinese visitors to get visas for 10 years instead of one.
“The expansion of the visa makes it easier,” said Hao. “It makes it possible to focus on one region and have a little more fun, and to be able to come back again in another year for a different region rather than having to rush to travel to both coasts in two weeks. The change in the visa is huge. It’s going to really change the market.”
Only the Beginning
It’s not the first familiarization trip NTA organized for China inbound tour operators. Last October the association conducted a shopping themed trip in coordinations with Tanger Outlets. It visited Arizona, Texas and Utah, stopping at Tanger Outlet stores along the way.
“It wasn’t just about shopping,” said Hao. “We told Tanger that if it had been only about shopping, it would not have worked. But shopping is a hook. It was used as a draw. It combined shopping with learning the destinations.”
Now that NTA has the procedure down, it will organize more in other destinations.
“From NTA’s standpoint it is manageable,” said Hao. “The New Orleans CVB did much of the work. All I did was approach them with the idea. We requested an itinerary for discussion. We reviewed it, discussed it and put out a promotional notice to out China inbound network to recruit operators. It worked beautifully on our side and on the New Orleans side.”

HIS EXCELENCY UDOM EMMANUEL IS THE HEROE OF AKWA IBOM STATE

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way-John C. Maxwell Lord James Robin in his celebrated book, The Ancient Book of Romans government opined that when you know the curator of power, you can foreknow the grandeur of a better future or the ruse of a doomed reign. Leaders hold the greatness and the ruin of their domain, as a merchant who has the franchise of a product. For the survival of the brand depends on his virtues. These words of fine counsel has over the years has helped groups and states to fashion out clear cut parameters in assessing anyone who intends to become their leader. First is to know who your would be leader is. The man Udom Emmanuel, is the son of Ete Teacher Gabriel Emmanuel Nkenang a native of Awa Iman in Onna Local Government in present day Akwa Ibom State. He (Udom) rose from being a Sunday school leaderat the Qua Iboe church to become a bank director and his greatness is propelled my humility, honesty, prudence and hard work. Again i ask, Do know Udom Emmanuel? He means different things to different people. He is a man of goodwill with good works, a who man who values others' plight more than his. A leader who believes in team work, a financial manager who can translate a little income to collective fortunes. His work experience reveals that he is an excellent developer.At Zenith Bank, he was always sent to develop new branches across the globe for his employers knew his capabilities of making a dead stream an ocean. He developed the Zenith Bank in United Kingdom; Zenith Bank – Gambia; Zenith Bank – Sierra Leone; Zenith Insurance; Zenith Pensions and Custodian; Zenith Securities; Zenith Trustees , Zenith Registrars and turned all these positions to the treasure base of the Zenith Bank group. It was his uncommon performance that earned him the position of a director in a Bank that he is never a shareholder. His loyalty, humility and honesty are unequalled and this makes every man that comes in contact with him to accept him without any sense of doubt about his personality and capability. Again i ask, Who is Udom Emmanuel? He is a man of honesty, this why the Zenith Group could commit the entire loan unit for his management and he did justice to the department. He did leave the section with EFCC on his prowl but with promotion to international units. So having an honest man like Deacon Udom Emmanuel as a leader in Akwa Ibom State means state funds will not be laundered and there will no misuse of funds. Leaders are always encouraged to exhibit confidence, competence and omniscience but Mr Udom Emmanuel is not such a leader as he already has these virtues as part of his being , and what is in you is not borrowed . The cognate experience and competence of Udom Emmanuel in the international business world means he will make Akwa Ibom State an investors hub being a trusted hand within the private and the public sectors . The seemingly difficult task of turning Akwa Ibom from a civil service state to a private sector-industrial driven economy will be made possible in months of his leadership . Do you know Udom Emmanuel was part of the Agro-Allied Economists Group who were saddled with the responsibility of building internationally accepted Agro –Allied concerns across the globe through world Bank initiative of eradication of food shortages in the world. With this Agro-Allied experience, Udom Emmanuel will turn around the agricultural sector from a mere primitive and subsistence farming to a mechanised farming where the right agricultural machines will be imported for farmers in the State and they will also be trained on how to use them. There will be Agro-Allied industries whose production would be food based. They will purchase the farm produce from farmers and turn them to food products both for local use and for export. The living Standards of the rural dwellers will certainly be upgraded as the vast majority of them are farmers. It will also stall the migration of the dwellers to the urban centers for greener pastures. Who Udom Emmanuel ? He is a detribalised gentleman who isn't interested in your tribe, language or ethnic group. As long as you can render the service(s) needed he will avail you the opportunity and he does not also use tribal sentiments whenever he wants to render help to a person. What are the benefits of this detribalized leader? He will be able to unite all the ethnic groupings in the State devoid of segregation, and it is only through unity Nigeria and Akwa Ibom State can develop rapidly. Where there is war, there is no development but destruction. Where there is, crises there is restiveness and where you have restiveness , there is no room for development as development is only made possible by unity and peace . Udom will be able to provide development equally to all sections of the State with no marginalization of any ethnic group . Deacon Udom Emmanuel knows that Education plays a key role in the progress of every nation. Going down history lane, it is proven that only those nations that place education in their first line of priority and make it a national target survive in the world. That is why in his private capacity, he has awarded scholarships to hundreds of youths. The absence or the poor quality of basic education not only becomes visible in illiteracy but also shows its effects among people who do finalize secondary school and university. Ministries, factories, hospitals and farms in developing countries often work inefficiently, not because the people working there are not capable but because they lack the right knowledge and skills. Primary school teaching is the single most important profession in the world. Teachers pass on knowledge and values to children, prepare them for further education and for working life and are main contributors to good education. This most important profession however does not get the recognition it deserves. In the developed world, young people don’t want to become primary school teachers anymore. In most developing countries the profession does not attract qualified and ambitious people because it is poorly remunerated. The Awa Iman Son knows the value of education and knows it is through education that he rose from a common position of a no man to whom he is toda

A MAN OF GOOD WILL

y. As a loyal and faithful follower of Chief Dr Godswill Akpabio, he will sustain the free education policy and improve upon it by extending it to the higher institutions of learning and also build more educational facilities in the State. There can be no escape from poverty without a vast expansion of education. This is a minimum entitlement for equipping the youths with the knowledge and skills they need to secure decent livelihoods in today's globalized world. This is who Udom Emmanuel is Udom Emmanuel's days at Zenith Bank saw the emergence of over 200 Akwa Ibom people as staffers in the Zenith group. He met 3 staffers of Akwa Ibom origin but his passion to empower and develop Akwa ibom persons drove him. Passion is the energy that comes from within, bringing more of you into what you do. Simply put, it's being who you are and doing what comes naturally. This is the fuel that drives Deacon Udom . When what you do is in alignment with who you are, you get energy from doing it. It's like water flowing along its natural riverbed. It actually gains energy from the path it's taking (compare that to what most people experience in their work, which is more like trying to force it up and over a mountain). Gathering the resulting insights in one place gives you a passion-focused decision tool. Think of it as an internal compass that takes the heart-based passion decision and puts it in the realm that the analytical mind can understand as well. Passion is the essence of commitment, Passion is that which deeply stirs us. It's the fire from within and that which motivates us. When passion is missing, our actions lack meaning and we don't get the results we want. Without passion, our actions are obligatory and lack velocity. Commitment emanates from passion. Passion is the seed from which commitment blossoms , so the fire that burns within Udom Emmanuel is how he can turn around the fortunes of Akwa Ibom State and importantly , that of the citizens and he is willing to do anything in support of this commitment. Udom’s Commitment is conscious , with insight and self-awareness and then he is ready to make conscious decisions in visions that will benefit the people. Udom knows that Finding opportunities for young people and women is a critical challenge for Akwa Ibom State, where 40 percent of the population which is more than two million, are youths and women. With no signs that population growth will slow in the decades to come, it is imperative that Akwa Ibom State Government leverages the talent and energy of its youth and women to create dramatically higher levels of prosperity and equality and avoid the latent risks of unemployment and social instability. Udom Emmanuel who a strong supporter of empowering of the women, advocates at all times, that When women are supported and empowered, all of society benefits. Their families are healthier, more children go to school, agricultural productivity improves and incomes increases. In short, communities become more resilient. Udom a great mixer with the youths, is committed to serving our youth hesitated by his belief that if we can facilitate the empowerment of youth, we can make an exponential impact on social justice and environmental issues. Our young people are our future leaders, one of the best places to invest our time and resources. Young people who do not have adequate support around them are often considered “at risk.” They are at risk of engaging in criminal activities, drugs, joining gangs, violent behaviour, or being victims of violence. Psychologically they are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and mental illness. I will lead you more to who is Udom Emmanuel. The future of Akwa Ibom State will be better secured if Deacon Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Nkenang stepped into the saddle.

HIS EXCELENCY

                       A MAN OF YOUR INTEGRITY AKWA IBOM  PEOPLE WANT.
  Akwa Ibom has gone a long way since 1987. The development has been tremendous especially with the infrastructural Renaissance of the present government. What does the future hold then? It requires strategic planning and sound economic policies. Every era requires a certain kind of leader. In the broader analyses, Udom fits in as the man for the future. A prudent, passionate, patriotic , pan Akwa Ibom technocrat. He was born and breed at home and has traversed the nooks and crannies of the world, still with age and vibrancy in his favour. Nobody's credentials beats Udom's practical experience interacting at the highest level with business developers and investors. He doesn't just hold vague academic records but has been hugely successful in his private strides so far. He was the Pioneer Manager of the Lagos Central Branch of Zenith Bank. He was also in charge of the Telecommunications Sector, Income Optimization and Financial & Strategic Planning Group of Zenith Bank PLC. He had over seventeen years financial services experience and shortly before his appointment served as an Executive Director of Zenith Bank PLC. This is a big factor Akwa Ibom people won't ignore.
Hasn't this issue been flogged enough? It is the deciding factor in this race. It carries with it equity, justice and fair play. Nobody with conscience will honestly rule it out. Every part of the state feels a sense of belonging when they are part of the leadership. It becomes more compelling when that part of the state parades very fine candidates for the top job. One of Gov Akpabio's enduring legacies will be leaving power respecting the zoning formula that aided him to power. What is good for the Reverend Father is good for the Catechist.. No much of it. Everyone desires political and economic integration. And with this background, he is the people's favourite. Willing to welcome all and sundry, young and old, men and women. It becomes more interesting when the odds are stacked against him. The faithful disciples are pouring in in their numbers.

Udom is also passionate about development and not much of politics. He is open and welcoming. It must be noted that in the onerous effort to industrialise and modernise, the leadership must at all times be open to ideas and as a rule must not consider anything as impossible . All strata of the society must be mobilised, the best brains and experts in our state and beyond must be assembled , ideas must be harnessed from all and sundry through public consultations and participation . The whole population and resources must be mobilised to create a developmental state ideologically committed to unleashing unprecedented development in all sectors in Akwa Ibom State . With careful planning , prudent management of resources, public/ private partnership , partnership with the Diaspora, creativity and determination Akwa Ibom State can become an oasis of revolutionary development and a point of reference in transformational development for the rest of Nigeria / Africa. Udom understands that we have lost decades and need to catch up and excel in a very short time. Speed is critical and we need to accomplish 72 hour tasks in every 24 hours. Our children cannot wait, and Akwa Ibom State can no longer wait!This is what Udom represents and the people trust he can deliver.
The civilisation and elevation of a people and society is determined by how well they take care of the poor and most vulnerable within their society . Poverty is man -made and we all , without exception are
diminished by any that are left poor or destitute in our society. No individual is elevated in a society where so many suffer the pangs of poverty and deprivation . Our collective humanity is diminished by such a phenomenon . Udom with his experience in international financing knows we must create a humane society and civilisation that recognises that the best outcomes are achieved when we are all in solidarity with all within our society. Udom acknowledges we must strive for social justice by eradicating poverty and creating a society with basic social security that provides for the unemployed , the disabled and the sick . The future lies in formulation of strong financial policies. So, Through progressive taxation and contribution by all that is able , we
must create a system that removes the poor and most vulnerable from the extremes of want and penury through provision of social welfare payments, social housing , free medical care and other vital social aids for those in need . Our society will be better for it , when in brotherhood and solidarity ; we fulfil the divine duty of eradicating poverty by
providing for those amongst us who stand in need through structured government welfare programs. Those who know Udom, are aware he holds this principles close to heart. That is an edge he has there.
Udom has seen people who are much less educated that make a success of life. He knows the best place to start is small technological products, that is the easiest way to catch up in the world today. The small state of Israel, like Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, China, etc, started some years ago to encourage its youths to go the same way (of small, technology goods – the so-called knowledge industries), and now Israel is beginning to enter the world market in full force. Udom dreams of Dubai for Akwa Ibom. He knows ‘we can’ and great powers will come to our aid! Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that “Once a mind has been stretched by a new idea, it never returns to its original shape” . It is in the same vain that the English publisher, Lady Catherine argued that “Nothing ever built rose to touch the sky unless some men dreamt that it should; some men believed that it would, and some men willed that it must” . Udom is convinced that God has willed that this dream is one whose time has come: there is no
going back!

As an experienced banker at the highest level, Udom will create a targeted “ enterprise
loans or grant scheme ,” that will provide funding for the setting up of small and medium scale enterprises to prospective entrepreneurs being located in the industrial parks . An “ equipment procurement and leasing agency ” should also be established . This agency will purchase equipment such as industrial sewing machines and other critical equipment for leasing to some of the operators of the small and medium scale enterprises who cannot on their own afford such equipment to boost productivity . A “ quality control agency ” should also be established with a specific agenda to control the quality of goods produced and aid the standardization of products to make them more acceptable for the export market.
Udom is a man of figures. He will govern with statistics. He will create an agency to provide continuous robust and timely statistics for Government and private sector plans and actions. In the past, our governments have planned without facts or simply groped in the dark. As at today, no one knows for sure the size of Akwa Ibom’s economy; the rate or level of unemployment, the level of poverty; school performance; health status and life expectancy; etc. How do we know if we are making progress without reliable data on these variables? As the saying goes, if you cannot measure it, you cannot control it.
Elections are always about the best hands. Udom's credentials are rich. He holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos in
1988. He bagged Master’s Degree with specialty on Corporate Governance from the Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His responsibilities while with the Zenith Bank included Non-Executive Director, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) from 2008 and Director, Nigerian Interbank Settlement Systems (NIBBS) from 2009, Non-Executive Director, Zenith Bank, United Kingdom; Zenith Bank – Gambia; Zenith Bank – Sierra Leone; Zenith Insurance; Zenith Pensions and Custodian; Zenith Securities; Zenith Trustees and Zenith Registrars. An alumnus of, France, Columbia Business School, USA, the Wharton Business School, USA and the London Business School, he is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Fellow of the Institute of Financial Management. It is also worthy to note that with over 23 years cognate experience in financial services garnered from price water house coopers , Diamond Bank and Zenith Bank, he is authorized by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to carry out financial services in the United Kingdom. This is a great factor.

GOOD LUCK IS THE GREAT TASTE.

Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday took his re-election campaign to the Niger Delta, knowing that victory in the key oil region will help determine the winner of next month's vote.he head of state, who is looking for a second four-year term, was in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, which is controlled by the opposition and seen as a pivotal election battleground.

Rivers State was run by Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until the defection of its governor Rotimi Amaechi in late 2013 to the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

It has since been a flashpoint for violence between supporters of the two parties, with long-standing complaints from Amaechi about a personal campaign against him by the government in Abuja.

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The PDP spokesman in the oil-producing hub, Emmanuel Okah, said the party was "on a mission to reclaim what was fraudulently stolen from it by the APC".

He told AFP: "Apart from retaining the presidency, the PDP will also take over the Rivers government house from the usurpers."

Thousands of people thronged the 40,000-seat stadium where Jonathan addressed a rally under tight security and played up his connection to the state.

Nigeria's President and candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Goodluck Jonathan (L) s …

"This is part of my area," he said in a short speech, reminding the crowd how his home state of Bayelsa was formed from part of Rivers State and playing up his connections to the city.

As a southerner and Christian, he would ordinarily be expected to count on widespread support from his kinsmen.

But apparent momentum for the APC -- fuelled by criticism of Jonathan's failure to end the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the north -- has given added importance to control of the major urban centre.

APC chairman for the state Davies Ibiamu Ikanya said he was confident of winning the February 14 presidential and parliamentary polls, as well as the governorship and state assembly vote two weeks later.

"President Jonathan won massively in the state in 2011 but he has lost that goodwill because of poor performance in office," he said.

"The people are clamouring for a change which the APC is ready to bring about."

GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE WE ALL WANT

Pupils run past a campaign billboard and banners displayed along a street in Otuoke, the home town ,GOOD LUCK IS A LUCK TO NIGERIA WE NEED HIM.

PDP IS THE BEST FOR NIGERIA.

 Home support

Political commentator Chris Ngwodo said regaining control of Rivers -- traditionally held by the ruling party -- was vital for Jonathan and could help determine the outcome of the election.Losing Rivers is going to be a very, very significant loss in terms of votes, in terms of sheer numbers... and will add to the APC's national strength," he said.

"It (the APC) already controls Lagos and Kano. It would be disastrous for the PDP."

There were few doubts about Jonathan's chances in his hometown of Otuoke, where a huge billboard of the president dominates the only road into the sleepy farming and fishing community.

Jonathan is the first president from the Ijaw minority ethnic group and is seen as a figure of hope for his people clamouring for a fair share of oil extracted locally.

"Our son has done well. His performance speaks for him," said Osain Francis Ogbuoni, a 30-year-old youth leader.

"Given the deluge of problems he inherited from his predecessors, it will be unfair to deny him re-election.

"We will rally everybody in the Niger Delta for him. He has brought development and progress to us."

Many in Otuoke point to how Jonathan put the town on the map: a university, hospital and road were built and business opportunities created.

Others credit him for ending militant violence in the Delta and warn that unrest could flare up again if the APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and northern Muslim, wins.

"Our support for him (Jonathan) is not on sentiment but merit. He has achieved a lot for Nigeria within four years," said Oba Green, 33, a health science graduate.

But there was not blanket support and some echoed the APC election campaign, which has focused on alleged PDP failures in office.

"He (Jonathan) has to seriously address the issue of electricity. For instance, we don't have regular power in our school and even in this community," said political science student Daniel Daufa, 23.

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  The attention of the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law has again been drawn to the latest public statement made by the Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, blaming Nigerian registered voters for not coming out en masse to collect their PVCs and absolving his Commission of any blame associated with their poor distribution and collection. The INEC Chairman was responding to our recent letter to the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria,January 21, 2015 over the issue as well as a comment on the issue made by the National Security Adviser, Mr. Sambo Dasuki in UK, while responding to a question put across to him by a journalist, Mr. Theodore Damian over the issue of disenfranchisement of over 30 million registered voters based on non distribution of PVCs.