2019: SIXTY- TWO WOMEN VIE FOR ELECTIVE POSITIONS IN KANO

The Commissioner who spoke through the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Garba Lawal also disclosed that following the recent primaries conducted by the political parties, the commission received the names of 74 candidates seeking to contest for Senate seats across the three senatorial districts in the State.

Penpushing further reports that, the electoral boss explained that out of the 74 candidates who were nominated by 32 political parties, only two were females, while 72 were males,and also disclosed that the commission had received the names of seven female candidates out of the 54 candidates contesting for the Governorship position from 54 political parties in the State.

He said 401 candidates are contesting for House of Representatives position, out of whom 17 were females, while 384 are males, adding that all of whose nominations were submitted by 38 political parties.

Similarly, the Commissioner said no fewer than 718 names of candidates contesting for House of Assembly seats in the State were submitted to the commission by 49 political parties, out of which 37 were females.

Penpushing also reports that, the commissioner while speaking on the recent U.S. Midterm Elections,  advised that any comparison between the polls and Nigerian elections should wait until after the 2019 elections in Nigeria.

Hear him, “the issue of how the U.S. campaigns and Congresses impacted on the conduct, management and funding of the party’s primaries in Nigeria and the participation of women, should be left to the political parties as they are in the right position to comment on the matter.”