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Why I couldn’t execute my campaign promises, Rep tells constituents       •Political factors mired insertion of dilapidated Calabar- Ikom-Ogoja highway in 2016 budget By EMMANUEL UNA OGOJA – A  member of the House of Representatives representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Cross River State, Hon Jarigbe Agom, has blamed his inability to keep his campaign promises to the people on economic recession that struck the country. His words:    “We made promises to our people and have been able to attract some projects to our constituencies, but the 2016 budget has not been implemented because of the recession, so we have really not kept our campaign promises to our people.” Agom stated this at Ogoja at an open new yam celebration he hosted for thousands of his constituents and visitors to make sure that everyone, despite his or her economic standing, had something to eat during the just concluded Bakor New Ya...

Edo election: Card reader fails in some wards       Edo election: The card reader failed to function at Ipkeshi, near Auchi, during the governorship election in Edo. The device could not function in Ward 11 and 12 at Okhueromoh Primary School, Ipkeshi, when the INEC official attempted to accredit voters for the poll. Some of the voters, Mr Agbada Jerry and Charles Monday, decried the development and said that it would delay the voting process. The INEC Polling Officer, Mr Mubarak Jubril, told newsmen that the card readers could read and confirm the PVCs, but couldn’t read most fingers. “We have complained to INEC and we are directed to use the manual accreditation, and that is what we are using now,” Jubril said. Similarly, the card reader failed at Ward 4, Unit 17, in Oredo Local Government Area, but the machine was replaced by INEC officials. INEC Deputy Director of Publicity, Nick  Dazang,  said the decision to use Incident...