as CDR&T intends to KANSIEC’s staff.
The chairman of Kano State Independent electoral commission (KANSIEC) Professor Garba Ibrahim Sheka has tasked journalists in the state to use their wealth of experience in assisting the commission to deliver in its undertakings.
Professor Sheka was speaking when he received the executives of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents Chapel Kano who called on him in his office.
Prof Sheka said members of the Union are known to be men of high Calibre who had been working relentlessly to enlightening the public on the policies and programs of governments at all levels urging them to sustain the tempo.
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” The role you play in educating & enlighten the general public cannot be emphasized. You need to double up and inform the general public on the dos and don ts and general guidelines of the election process” said Sheka.
On the need of conducting the free violent election, the chairman said ” there is the need for you to educate pollsters to use their votes wisely and not be carried away by desperate politicians and indulge in acts inimical to having free and fair polls and politicians should play politics with a high sense of maturity and respect.” said Sheka
In his address, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents Chapel, Kano, Alh Ibrahim Garba told Professor Garba Sheka that they visited the commission to consolidate on the existing relationship and chart ways of working together to achieve the desired goals.
Alh Ibrahim Garba maintained that the Chapel is planning to train journalists from other Chapel on the rudiments of election reportage as their members are reporting for various media within the state, the country, and an internationally based.
in another development, the center for Democratic Research and Training (CDR&T) Mambayya, is set to train staff of KANSIEC for effective discharge of their duties.
A director in the center, Dr. Ahamad Muhammad stated this when he led a delegation of staff of the center on a courtesy visit to KANSIEC headquarters.
He said as a democratic research center that was established in 1995 as an advisory board for political research and training, the center is training staff of ministries, departments, and agencies on various aspects of management and administration in general.
In a statement by Dahiru Lawan Kofar Wambai said while Responding, KANSIEC P chairman, Professor Garba Ibrahim Sheka expressed happiness for the visit and pledged to work with them in giving the staff of the commission the needed training to perform diligently.
