Notable youthful figures in Zanu PF are angling for the position of the Harare youth chairmanship after the dissolving of the ruling party structures. The post was once held by controversial Godwin Gomwe who is eyeing to take over the reins of the whole province as chairman.
The FreeZim Congress president Joseph Busha has criticised the lacklustre government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by calling Zimbabweans a leaderless population, over the lack of seriousness and preparedness to deal with a series of recent disasters. With the recent ongoing cyclone Idai that had claimed a lot of lives in Manicaland and other neighbouring countries, Busha castigated the government for ignoring the cyclone warning prior to the disaster.
The collation of yesterday's presidential and National Assembly elections results are ongoing across the country as citizens anxiously wait for a declaration of who will lead the country in another four years. The Independent National Electoral Commission's Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu earlier today briefed the press and stakeholders including domestic and international election observers of reports of happenings during the elections across the country. Professor Mahmood commended Nigerians for their peaceful and patriotic conducts during the polls.
Ahead of tomorrow's Presidential and National Assembly elections ECOWAS Election Observers Team has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for its readiness and ability to conduct the tomorrow's Presidential and National Assembly elections after the postponement of last Saturday's scheduled polls which got many people disappointed and talking. The team was also optimistic that the security agencies were capable of conducting a hitch free polls.
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections from different parts of the country. The election was earlier scheduled to hold Saturday, the sixteenth of February, 2019 and suddenly Nigerians woke up to the announcement of the postponement of the elections, a situation many described as shocking, disappointing and an embarrassment to Nigeria before the international community. Many argued that the decision should have come at least two or three days to the elections, while many dwelt on the economic and financial losses incurred by many who had travelled to various parts of the country as a result of the postponement.