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<h1>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that a total of 1,108,548 million Permanent Voter Cards had so far been collected in Kwara.</h1>

Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, INEC Resident Commissioner in Kwara, disclosed this at the University of Ilorin, during discussions entitled: “Roundtable on peaceful 2019 General Elections in Nigeria: A recipe for sustainable peace, security and development”.

The Programme was organised by the Centre for Peace and Strategic studies (CPSS) of the University of Ilorin.

Attahiru-Madami also disclosed that there are still balance of 298,852 permanent voter cards yet to be collected.

He said that INEC in Kwara is satisfied that about 90 per cent of the PVC have already been collected, while urging people yet to collect their PVCs to do so before Feb. 8.

The INEC boss in Kwara pledged that 2019 election will be better than 2015 election, adding “I will not do the bidding of any politician and nobody will dictate to me.”

He promised that INEC Kwara will conduct free, fair and credible elections, and will not dance to the tune of desperate politicians.

“I have no political affiliation and I stand by the truth,” he said.

In his address of welcome, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, warned that election periods are palpable times filled with tension, fear and anxiety.

He observed that reports by the National task force on small arms, light and chemical weapons stockpiled by politicians to achieve their ambition is scary and ominous.

Abdulkareem urged Nigerians to build a strong basis for a new culture of peace, if we are to maximize the opportunities of the periodic elections to initiate sustainable development.

“We need to engage seriously in finding lasting solution to political and electoral violence, which has become endemic phenomenon in our society,” he said.

The VC urged INEC and the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to be fair but firm and should not be seen as siding with the ruling party.

A Discussant at the event, Mr Suleiman Abdulrahman, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara, said INEC is still contending with 638 litigation on concluded or inconclusive primary elections.

He called on the Nigeria police to brace up in ensuring peace and security in the 2019 election, adding that there is unprecedented proliferation of fire arms among the youths.

On her part, Dr Saudat Abdulbaqi, of the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Ilorin called for the engagement of women in the 2019 election.

She urged women to call for peace in the society, while advocating that women should be allowed to play prominent role in governance.

Also, Prof. Noah Yusuf, Director of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, said the centre was poised to make itself relevant in projecting it’s peace mission within the University, Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole.

He said advantage of peaceful elections are countless, which included healthy competition, economic growth and development in all aspects of the society, accountability by leaders and prevention of loss of lives and property among others.

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Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, INEC Resident Commissioner in Kwara, disclosed this at the University of Ilorin.

Over 1.1m PVCs collected in Kwara – INEC

<h1>The Congress of the Coalition of Health Sector Unions (COHESU), Kwara branch, has suspended its indefinite strike due to the outbreak of Lassa fever, Yellow fever and Polio in some parts of the state.</h1>

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr Joseph Adekanye, Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) and Mr Murtala Olayinka, Chairman of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) in Ilorin on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health workers had embarked on an indefinite strike across the 16 local government areas of the state on Jan. 21.

The workers were agitating over the non implementation of the 10 Consolidated Salary Structure (CONHESS) for workers.

The statement read: The strike is suspended due to the current outbreak of Lassa fever, Yellow Fever and Polio virus in some parts of Kwara, to allow the participation of our members in efforts to curb the spread of diseases.

That due to intervention of well-meaning stakeholders in the state, we hereby suspend the strike and our members are expected to resume work immediately with the hope that the state government will urgently address the issues that led to the strike.

The statement further called the attention of the Kwara State Head of Service, Mrs. Susan Oluwole, to the fact that both medical bodies were recognised trade unions.

It said the unions were established under Decree 4 of 1996, with membership spread across all the tiers of governments, therefore, should be represented at the Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC).

That full implementation of promotion should be paid rather than being short paid as noticed in the last payment of promotion exercise.

We also request that the pay slip be given to our members on monthly basis as health workers in the 16 local councils are not certain how their salaries are being deducted.

That seniority list be followed in the appointments of officers into various positions and those abnormally appointed should be corrected in order to maintain sanity in the system, it stated.

The statement also called for resolution of the issue of manpower shortage, both at the state and local government levels in the health sector.

It said there should be concerted efforts to implement the 10 per cent CONHESS for all the 16 councils health workers in the next JAAC meeting for the month of January, 2019.

The statement also appealed to the Head of Service to use her good office to mediate on the lingering issues after which COHESU will have no option than to resume the suspended strike.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health workers had embarked on an indefinite strike across the 16 local government areas of the state on Jan. 21.

Lassa fever outbreak: Kwara health workers suspend strike

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