Inter-Party Advisory Council Archives

Jigawa tanker explosion: Work out alternative means of transporting petroleum products – IPAC to Nigerian govt

NewsDeskNgOct 21, 2024October 21, 20240

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to make the roads safe and work out alternative means of conveying highly inflammable petroleum products. The council said this while reacting to a fuel tanker explosion at Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area, Jigawa...

Gov Otu slashes chairmanship, councillorship form fees from N5m

NewsDeskNgOct 3, 2024October 3, 20240

Following criticisms by stakeholders and demands by the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has slashed the fees for Chairmanship and Councillorship forms for upcoming local government elections from N5 million Naira and N1 million Naira, respectively. The governor in a press statement Wednesday night...

Peter – Nigerian govt’s clampdown on journalists undermining democracy

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

Former presidential candidate and erstwhile national chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Chief Peter Ameh, has called for the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience being held by the government. Ameh, in a statement made available to the media on Monday, said it was alarming to hear about the...

IPAC wants state electoral commissions scrapped

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has called for immediate scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECS. Making the advocacy during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, IPAC’s national Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, said the SIECs have proven to be incompetent and incapable of conducting free, fair, credible,transparent, inclusive and...

IPAC – No more excuse for non-performance by LG chairmen

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Lagos State has said there is no more excuse for non-performance by local government chairmen. The State IPAC Chairperson, Mrs Temilola Akinade, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

PDP rejects IPAC stance, insists election must hold

NewsDeskNgApr 16, 2024April 16, 20240

The major opposition party in JIgawa State, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has distanced itself from the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, decision requesting an extension of the local government council election by one year. PDP chairman in the Dutse local government, Alhaji Sa’adu Barwa disclosed this while reacting to the IPAC...