{"id":171127,"date":"2025-07-25T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:21:13","slug":"bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice","title":{"rendered":"Bye-Election: Zamfara Govt Urges Parties to Avoid Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Special Adviser to Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Political Matters, Alhaji Iliyasu Maijega, has urged political parties in the state to abide by electoral laws during the forthcoming Kaura Namoda State Assembly bye-election.<\/p>\n<p>Maijega, who made the appeal while speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday, urged political parties in the state to desist from vote buying during the poll.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated August 16 to conduct the bye-election for the Kaura Namoda South State House of Assembly constituency in Zamfara.<\/p>\n<p>The scheduled bye-election follows the death of Alhaji Aminu Kasuwar-Daji, the member who represented the constituency in the State House of Assembly earlier in April.<\/p>\n<p>He said the state government under Gov. Dauda Lawal would always abide by the rules and regulations guiding the affairs of elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, Gov. Dauda Lawal is totally against vote buying and other election malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am therefore appealing to political parties in the state to desist from engaging in buying Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and other forms of electoral malpractices for the purpose of electoral manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should allow the electorate to vote their choices,\u201d Maijega said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, voters should be allowed to exercise their constitutional rights to vote without any intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the political parties in the state should cooperate with INEC to ensure a free, credible, and peaceful bye-election for the Kaura Namoda State Assembly constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs political parties, we should support INEC to ensure free and fair elections,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s political aide also urged INEC to ensure collaboration with security agencies to ensure effective security during the election.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is capable of winning the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident of winning the election because we have confidence and trust in what we have done for the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur performance in infrastructural development, education, health, and empowerment in just two years would determine our electorate\u2019s decision to vote for the PDP candidate,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Special Adviser to Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Political Matters, Alhaji Iliyasu Maijega, has urged political parties in the state to abide by electoral laws during the forthcoming Kaura Namoda State Assembly bye-election. Maijega, who made the appeal while speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday, urged political parties in the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[6848,254,150],"class_list":["post-171127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bye-election","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bye-Election: Zamfara Govt Urges Parties to Avoid Malpractice - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Special Adviser to Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Political Matters, Alhaji Iliyasu Maijega, has urged political part ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bye-Election: Zamfara Govt Urges Parties to Avoid Malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Special Adviser to Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Political Matters, Alhaji Iliyasu Maijega, has urged political part ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:21:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753429969.367583.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"731\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bye-Election: Zamfara Govt Urges Parties to Avoid Malpractice\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:21:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753429969.367583.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bye-election\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-zamfara-govt-urges-parties-to-avoid-malpractice\",\"name\":\"Bye-Election: Zamfara Govt Urges Parties to Avoid Malpractice - 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