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This thing called vote buying

This Day 19 Dec 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY by MAHMUD JEGA. I am not a politician, have never been, I seek no power, have no sisi to buy anyone’s vote, and I have no hope of being elected a councilor in my home state or in my place of residence, so I am in a position to play the Devil’s advocate on this matter called vote buying ... It is only you that may not cooperate ... .
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Sirika, in one fell swoop

This Day 12 Dec 2022
MAHMUD JEGA BY VIEW FROM THE GALLERY. In nearly eight years as Minister of Aviation, he failed to get Air Nigeria off the ground. But in one fell swoop last week [or, as one of my reporters once wrote in a feature article, in one swoop fell] Captain Hadi Sirika got many things, not launched into the skies, but flat on the ground ... money.
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Three court orders in vain

This Day 05 Dec 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA. There is a local adage that when a fowl comes after you early in the morning, you should [in Nigerian parlance] “pick race” because it may have acquired teeth during the night ... Any security agent that tries to grab any one of them should remember the warning label on a bottle of hot concentrated sulfuric acid ... O ... .
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Thirteen Years Without History

This Day 28 Nov 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA. Imagine, just imagine, that someone delivered a sharp knock on your head that wiped out thirteen years’ memory from your brain’s hippocampus ... Not that we were not warned ... As recently as the late 1960s, big game regularly crossed the Jega to Birnin Kebbi road, which was thickly forested ... That was my mistake ... Mr ... Dr ... .
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Its Good Governance, Stupid

This Day 21 Nov 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA. Being a paper at the Media Roundtable on “The Accountability Imperative. Why and How to Hold the Politicians’ Feet to Fire” organized by FrontFoot Media Initiative, Lagos, at Bon Hotel, Ikeja, on November 19, 2022 ... It is in twelve Sections, beginning with Section 13 of the Constitution and ending in Section 24 ... .
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Jega: Monetisation of Nigeria’s Politics Worrisome

This Day 15 Nov 2022
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has expressed concern over the monetisation of politics in the country ... Jega expressed confidence in the presidential candidate of PRP, Kola Abiola, noting that he would win the contest going by his pedigree and accomplishments.
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Monetization of Politics Worries Jega

This Day 14 Nov 2022
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has expressed concern over the monetization of politics in the country ... Jega expressed confidence in the presidential candidate of PRP, Kola Abiola, noting that he would win the contest going by his pedigree and accomplishments.
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Jumping to a conclusion

This Day 14 Nov 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA. Of the many shocking stories to come out of Nigeria last week, easily the most puzzling was why a woman suddenly alighted from a Lagos taxi last Thursday, briskly walked over to the railings of the Third Mainland Bridge and jumped into the lagoon ... That means she was not too young to know what she was doing ... Dr ... .
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Report: Over 30,000 Nigerians to Learn About Blockchain From Government Agency

Bitcoin 05 Nov 2022
Meanwhile, Mohammed Jega, the co-founder of NITDA’s blockchain partner for the training program, reportedly reiterated his entity’s commitment to producing “quality education and equipping participants with the skills to build real-life blockchain solutions.” ... ....
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Log in Thine Eyes

This Day 31 Oct 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA ... I am just wondering. There have been 314 mass shootings in USA this year alone. Washington Post reported that not a single week passed this year without at least four mass shootings in the United States. 45,222 people died from gun violence in USA in 2020 alone, plus thousands of injuries.
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Nigeria: BVARS Will Be Game Changer in 2023 Elections - Jega

All Africa 15 Oct 2022
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has said that the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS) will be a game changer in the 2023 general elections ....
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Jega: Corruption Detrimental to Education Sector

This Day 05 Oct 2022
Attahiru Jega, yesterday regretted that Nigeria was being perceived as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Jega said this in his keynote address, while speaking at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with theme ... Jega said the effects ...
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Young man, go back to 1970

This Day 03 Oct 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA ... Before when? In 1967, when General Yakubu Gowon divided Nigeria into 12 states, my family packed into my father’s Holden car and we left Ilorin for Jega. We departed at 7am on Saturday and, after driving non-stop all day and night, we arrived Jega at dusk the following day.
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Skip the Campaign, Minds are Made Up  

This Day 26 Sep 2022
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA ... All to what end? The amended Electoral Act placed a N5billion spending limit on a presidential campaign, knowing full well that the national campaign launch of a major political party alone will cost more than that ... The campaigns are unlikely to change many minds ... Now INEC has picked out 1.1 million of them ... .
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Obasanjo, Jega, Okonjo-Iweala to Speak At Kings College 113th Anniversary

All Africa 21 Sep 2022
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