Tag: Postponement
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, political parties, others react over INEC’s postponement of 2019 general elections
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described the postponement of the Feb. 16 presidential and National Assembly elections as a `rude shock’. The organisation however, said that it would not draw conclusions on the matter yet until after the stakeholders meeting slated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clarify the circumstances.…
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Election postponement: INEC is a disappointment – Situation Room
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has expressed concern over reports of delay in the distribution of election materials in several parts of the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 Nigeria General Elections. It regretted that the reports reaching it indicated inadequacy in the deployment of materials for the polls.…
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Atiku reacts to postponement of today’s presidential election
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has officially reacted to the postponement of Saturday’s presidential election by the nation’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The former vice president in a statement on Saturday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to disenfranchise Nigerians, moments after the general elections were formally postponed. Atiku,…
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Elections: PDP rejects postponement, demands immediate resignation of INEC chairman
……says its Buhari’s agenda to cling to power The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that shoddy arrangement for this election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a deliberate pre determined agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power even when it’s obvious to…
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INEC speaks on postponement of 2019 general elections
…May extend PVC collection deadline …IG bars police escorts for VIPs on election days The the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday insisted that it has no plans to postpone the general elections scheduled for February 16 and March 2, 2019. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu assured Nigerians and the international community that the…
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No postponement of Anambra governorship election – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday said the Anambra State governorship election would hold on November 18 as scheduled. The commission said it would not allow any shift of date, adding that to do so would adversely affect the cost of running the election. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, who…