Poll shift: APC campaign demands daily update from INEC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="412" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gaU0TMdEgkg/XGnZRif_N1I/AAAAAAADOok/TGna7fBELwML-Bpn6Zx1yGbLr6ar3Du1ACLcBGAs/s400/fashola2a.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should brief Nigerians on its level of preparedness daily.<br> <br> The council said this in reaction to the postponement of the polls by the electoral commission.<br> <br> Speaking with journalists on Sunday, Babatunde Fashola, head directorate of election planning and monitoring; and Hadiza Bala-Usman, head directorate of contact and mobilisation, expressed disappointment over INEC’s decision to shift the polls.<br> <br> Fashola said the APC would not allow the shortcomings of INEC deter Nigerians from exercising their franchise.<br> <br> The minister of power, works and housing asked Nigerians to convert their disappointment to determination and ensure that their previous sacrifice does not go to waste.<br>

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APC, PDP dare INEC, vow to reopen campaigns

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T4myQZVx7VY/XGnGkYFfArI/AAAAAAADOoU/SSJtMBEqR8At3C7R2MgMTqq64BnAyyYAQCLcBGAs/s1600/pdp-vs-apc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="620" height="154" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T4myQZVx7VY/XGnGkYFfArI/AAAAAAADOoU/SSJtMBEqR8At3C7R2MgMTqq64BnAyyYAQCLcBGAs/s320/pdp-vs-apc.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> <br> The All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to reopen their campaigns one week to the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections.<br> <br> In separate interviews with the British Broadcasting Corporation, the National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole; and Campaign Director of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had said they would proceed with political campaigns.<br> <br> This is even as the Independent National Electoral Commission said it would take the final decision on Monday to determine whether political parties should resume campaigns.<br> <br>

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REVEALED: APC candidate is INEC’s contractor who supplied machines used in printing PVCs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="653" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwBFNhC5GuU/XGl99cOhtfI/AAAAAAADOnQ/QaBKIGGmkwMwMpbZMeyCBd52ujYToTLlACLcBGAs/s640/INEC%2Bconfirms%2BAPC%2Bcandidate%2Bis%2Bcommission%25E2%2580%2599s%2Bcontractor.png" width="640"></div> <br> <br> Mahmood Yakubu, national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that one of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a contractor to the commission.<br> <br> Addressing stakeholders on the reason behind the postponement of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Abuja on Saturday, the INEC chairman said the contractor’s political inclination will not affect the commission.<br> <br> The contractor in question is Mohammed Musa (pictured), APC’s candidate for the Niger east senatorial district seat.<br> <br> “Yes, I am aware. That company has been working with the commission since 2011. I assure you that we have a strict system,” he responded to a question by Osita Chidoka, former aviation minister who represented Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the meeting.<br> <br>

Nigeria Decides Politics REVEALED: APC candidate is INEC’s contractor who supplied machines used in printing PVCs

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Falana faults INEC’s ban on campaigns before rescheduled election

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6SiW-kTzNV8/XGmCs_2CEUI/AAAAAAADOoE/prx09_kAk58tvDNB5as2ljTRJ3ieOm9pwCLcBGAs/s400/femi-falana.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> <br> Prominent lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday, criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission’s barring of campaign activities of political parties till the new date of elections.<br> <br> Falana, in a statement, said political parties were by section 99 of the Electoral Act, allowed to campaign up till 24 hours to the election.<br> <br> He said with the shifting of the election by one week, campaign period by political parties had shifted and would only end 24 hours to the election.<br> <br> According to him, INEC in taking the decision prohibiting parties from re-opening campaigns following the postponement of the elections originally scheduled for last Saturday to February 23, failed to pay attention to the provision of the said section of the Electoral Act.<br> <br>

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Nigerians count losses from polls shift

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOh969NTf0A/XGktWUwFR5I/AAAAAAADOmg/yfV7l04qMbskiPkd6esBqDqG1hlVLMKvQCLcBGAs/s400/ballot-box2%2Binec.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> <span style="font-size: large;">How much could Nigeria have lost to the unexpected postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections?</span><br> <br> Although, we may never have an accurate figure, the millions of Nigerian traders, artisans, farmers and motorists who had to stay at home yesterday doing nothing are already counting their losses on account of the polls shift.<br> <br> The Vice President, National Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA), Mr. Tony Ejinkeonye, says Nigeria will lose billions of naira.<br> <br> Ejinkeonye, who is also the Director, Business Development for Africa, Esilknet Africa Network Ltd., told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja that the postponement would affect the economy adversely.<br> <br> “It is quite unfortunate that the election was postponed. Economically, billions of naira have been lost and will be lost in the coming weeks. Industries, businesses, including airlines, were affected by the movement restriction.<br>

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Polls shift: There were attempts to sabotage us - INEC chairman

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSXMfnkCDWM/XGkwxM88DRI/AAAAAAADOmo/MT50u703YGYGK_pSxRqLoYOCk9MCa_eFgCLcBGAs/s1600/INEC-Mahmud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSXMfnkCDWM/XGkwxM88DRI/AAAAAAADOmo/MT50u703YGYGK_pSxRqLoYOCk9MCa_eFgCLcBGAs/s320/INEC-Mahmud.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday listed sabotage of its efforts as one of the reasons for the rescheduling of this year’s elections.<br> <br> Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the commission, said three fire incidents in a space of two weeks at INEC offices could not have been coincidental.<br> <br> Yakubu spoke yesterday in Abuja at a meeting with stakeholders to throw more light on why INEC had to postpone the elections,six hours to the accreditation of voters for the presidential and national assembly polls.<br> <br> He said: “we also faced what may well be attempts to sabotage our preparations.<br> <br> “In a space of two week, we had to deal with serious fire incidents in three of our office in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, Qu’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State and our Anambra State Office at Awka.<br>

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Poll shift painful, but we must maintain our commitment - Tinubu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1164" height="216" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-11uTQdsc4Uo/XGksgev1k4I/AAAAAAADOmY/eF8x0t38VwMgFQtLIhCOkJUH3R8zrya_QCLcBGAs/s400/tinubu%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> ALL Progressives Congress National Leader and Co-Chair of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is urging continued commitment from all voters regardless of the pain caused by the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.<br> <br> “Do not allow this delay to deter you from the expression of your democratic rights. What you had set your mind to do on February 16, keep your mind and heart on for February 23,” he said yesterday in reaction to the delay.<br> <br> Tinubu in a statement in Lagos said though he appreciated the enormity of the logistical challenge that elections in a vast country like Nigeria poses to INEC, “we are still pained that the Commission could not meet this challenge within the time allotted.<br>

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NYSC debunks killing of 10 corps members at INEC office

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="690" height="416" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FhWC0KhV9Ik/XGkq4vkwcmI/AAAAAAADOmM/huB-rSqsRRUS0zIui939GJT_D5-M9qasACLcBGAs/s640/nysc%2Bjungle%2Bboot.jpg" width="640"></div> <br> <br> The Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Bauchi State, Afolayan James, has described as false, malicious and misleading, the rumour making the rounds on social media that 10 corps members died in front of the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in the state.<br> <br> <br> He was reacting to a post on Instagram by a corps member serving in Bauchi who alleged that 10 of his colleagues had died while waiting at the INEC office to be posted to their stations as ad hoc staff during the postponed elections.<br> <br> The corps member, whose identity could not be ascertained as of press time, alleged that his colleagues were waiting to collect sensitive materials for the various places they would be posted to, when a vehicle lost control and rammed into them.<br> <br>

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We worry over security of elections materials - Transparency International

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="475" height="265" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8LQ9RjIDXwA/XGkpegRiS0I/AAAAAAADOmA/F-kXS8LKYyAo29gI3h1vzjXExFBhUv1bgCLcBGAs/s400/TI%2BTransparency%2BInternational.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> Transparency International on Saturday expressed its disappointment with the postponement of the general elections.<br> <br> The leader of the group in Nigeria, Musa Rafsanjani, said the new electoral dates called for worry over the “security of elections materials which had been distributed across the country”.<br> <br> Rafsanjani, who is also Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, urged the National Assembly to constitute a committee to investigate the sudden postponement of the polls.<br> <br> He said there was a systemic conflict of interests and questionable procurement process in the electoral commission, adding that the postponement had caused the country, civil societies and international community a lot in terms of financial and human resources.<br> <br> Rafsanjani said, “While we express our disappointment over the poor preparatory processes by the electoral body that hampered adequate deployment of electoral materials to many parts of the country, we condemn the decision (postponement) informed by a deliberate abuse of independent power.<br>

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WATCH VIDEO: Apostle Suleiman’s prophecy on election postponement a guesswork – Daddy Freeze

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="358" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hkiL2crTZlo/XGiSXqvJo0I/AAAAAAADOl4/WiZsvEtm8Zg1yjVcDZ3Dqz7X1lnmqnc6gCLcBGAs/s640/Suleiman-and-Daddy-Freeze.jpg" width="640"></div> <br> <br> Controversial on-air personality, Daddy Freeze is in the news again. This time, he has attacked The Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleiman over his prophecy that the general elections will be postponed.<br> <br> Suleiman, had in January during a church programme said the election would be postponed if Christians did not pray.<br> <br> <b>Watch video below:</b><br> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPkN6OmZQ1E" width="636"></iframe><br> <br> Daddy Freeze had earlier taken to his back-up Instagram page to mock ministers of God, by asking: “How come none of your so called ‘spiritual’ GOs, prophets, senior pastors etc saw the postponement of the elections?<br> <br> “Didn’t their gods reveal this to them? The real miracle is that you still trust them with your hard earned money!”<br> <br>

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INEC bans fresh political campaigns, collection of PVC's

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="504" height="250" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WTATjFoydGI/XGiEKUnOx6I/AAAAAAADOlw/7Dugn3pFX5k53DEM978_sMG0sNMBfPozgCLcBGAs/s400/Prof.-Mahmood-Yakubu-copy-504x315%2Binec.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> <br> The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said there is no more room for political campaign or collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in spite of the postponement of elections by one week.<br> <br> The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Saturday in Abuja while fielding questions at the meeting with political parties and other stakeholders.<br> <br> Yakubu said that the deadline for the collection of PVCs and elections campaign by political parties according to the election timetable has passed.<br> <br> “Campaign closed on Thursday, Feb. 14, and for the period that remains campaigns remain closed.<br> <br> “All the other processes that remain in the main timetable remain closed, including the collection of PVC, except the conduct of the elections,” he said.<br> <br> On why the commission did not consult party leaders before adjusting the dates of the elections, Yakubu said that it was due to the urgency and that Section 36 of the Electoral Act empowered the commission to do so.<br>

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Two killed as thugs burn buses conveying electoral materials in Akwa Ibom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nw_35lNeVTk/XGiC3EFmIBI/AAAAAAADOlo/gpINkFUSGNoJMAMQMn7o-ewoNX8hpuvRwCLcBGAs/s400/inec-akwaibo.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> <br> Two persons have been killed reported killed in Akwa Ibom State after suspected thugs set buses carrying sensitive electoral materials to Obot Akara local government area of the state.<br> <br> The buses which were also conveying election personnel were set on fire and some of the drivers wounded with machetes.<br> <br> The personnel and drivers escaped and found their way to the INEC office to report the incident.<br> <br>

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VIDEO: Oshiomhole demands apology from INEC for postponing Presidential election

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD1-pQbx0oM/XGiB85REtyI/AAAAAAADOlg/FA2BrjRbiQIN0aRyHHhupuaR36Ei225WwCLcBGAs/s1600/Adams-Oshiomhole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD1-pQbx0oM/XGiB85REtyI/AAAAAAADOlg/FA2BrjRbiQIN0aRyHHhupuaR36Ei225WwCLcBGAs/s640/Adams-Oshiomhole.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <br> <br> National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday demanded an apology from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for postponing the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.<br> <br> Watch video below...<br> <br> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> Adams Oshiomole demands apology from INEC and implies they need to stop acting like they don’t owe us any credible explanations. You’ve embarrassed us as a nation.... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NigeriaDecides?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NigeriaDecides</a> <a href="https://t.co/mcmSy6ZE6Z">pic.twitter.com/mcmSy6ZE6Z</a></div> — 👑 DaddyMO PhD CEng 👑 🚀♠️ (@officialdaddymo) <a href="https://twitter.com/officialdaddymo/status/1096806506039832576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br>

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READ FULL TEXT - Why we postponed General Elections – INEC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="653" height="356" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hngf3c1ABsQ/XGg9Dtbd0XI/AAAAAAADOkk/bkr4hZvJiw0ivYRfBzyksJb4BGEPHwL4gCLcBGAs/s640/Mahmood-Yakubu-653x365%2Band%2BINEC.jpg" width="640"></div> <b><br></b> <b>ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION lNEC. PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU TO THE STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING ON THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA ON SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY 2019</b><br> <br> About thirteen hours ago, 1 conveyed to Nigerians the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reschedule the 2019 general elections by one week. Presidential and National Assembly earlier scheduled for 16‘“ February 2019 will now hold on Saturday 23″ February 2019 while Governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council elections scheduled for 2““ March 2019 will now hold on Saturday 9‘I March 2019.<br> <br> The one-week adjustment was a painful one for [NEC but necessary in the overall interest of our democracy.<br> <br> Nigerians will recall that when this Commission was appointed in November 2015, we promised Nigerians two cardinal things.<br> <br> First, we shall work hard to consolidate the improvements made in the management of elections in Nigeria since 2011. Secondly. we shall always be open, transparent and responsive.<br> <br>

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Oshiomhole blasts INEC chairman - 'Why did you have to wait till 2:30am to postpone elections?'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ALw4ep0BTho/XGhbEqgUSQI/AAAAAAADOlQ/wy1BuPIqhNIRCjyZuC9aX_l5Tce6IXzfwCLcBGAs/s640/Oshiomhole-Yakubu-1%2Binec.jpg" width="640"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <b><br></b> <b>Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), took on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over the postponement of the elections.</b><br> <br> Speaking at the International Conference Center (ICC), Abuja, where the commission held a press conference to explain the reasons for shifting the polls, Oshiomhole said the commission ought to have done more.<br> <br> The APC chairman described the action of the commission as an embarrassment to the country, demanding Yakubu should tender an apology.<br> <br> “Why at 2:30am on the day of the election? Why? The problem is not about the postponement but why 2:30am  on the day of the election? You have explanations to do. If you had told us since, we would have planned,” he said.<br> <br> “Why didn’t you tell us 48 hours ago? You must apologise to Nigerians because you have embarrassed us as a nation.”<br>

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Elections Postponement: See how lawyer wants FG to compensate Nigerians

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1000" height="257" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZP7dR_A75eQ/XGhanPmY0KI/AAAAAAADOlI/CFUwJpsJ-rMeU6UnlLOpVSlKXTQg1VLvgCLcBGAs/s400/gavel%2Blaw.jpeg" width="400"></div> <br> A Legal Practitioner, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has demanded compensation of free fuel to all Nigerians over the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.<br> <br> Ajulo stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday.<br> <br> He said that the Federal Government through the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must compensate Nigerians for wasting resources and energy to travel to their various polling units to cast their vote.<br> <br> According to him, I traveled to Cardive in America few weeks ago and a certain road was closed without the knowledge of the citizenry, the government had to compensate them with five litres of fuel.<br>

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Frustrated Nigerians count the cost of postponed elections

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="284" height="250" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c-4GS3p621o/XGhVGOfzPRI/AAAAAAADOkw/KzfSmbH369o89AbzqZcUG_bTroKkoorhACLcBGAs/s400/ballot.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> Nigerians on Saturday hit out in frustration and anger at election officials after a last-minute delay to voting, just as they were preparing to cast their ballots.<br> <br> Many people were taken unawares by the overnight announcement and only found out when they reached polling stations — to find them empty and unstaffed.<br> <br> Others counted the cost of a lost day’s work in a country where many people are daily wage earners in the informal sector, and some 87 million live in extreme poverty.<br> <br> In the commercial capital Lagos, streets normally teeming with activity were eerily empty on Saturday morning, with many businesses closed.<br>

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Poll Shift: Buhari planning to sack INEC chair, appoint Amina Zakari - CUPP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="412" height="377" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KkGcXyRS-E8/XGhWd1gfpGI/AAAAAAADOk4/m7kzzbyaASkyt8qm8hotgClzThDPJQMqACLcBGAs/s400/Amina-Zakari.png" width="400"></div> <br> The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP,has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a change of leadership in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following the shift in the conduct of 2019 general elections.<br> <br> CUPP alleged that the president’s plan was against the backdrop of his unfavorable disposition to the postponement which stopped the staggered elections as allegedly planned by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. <br> <br> In a statement by its spokesman,Ikenga Ugochinyere,CUPP said it was raising” the alarm over move by Buhari to suspend INEC chairman and appoint Amina Zakari as Acting Chairman under the guise of INEC inability to Conduct Election today (Saturday). The statement read in thus:”The Coalition of United Political Parties is alerting the world of plan and decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to announce the suspension of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, from office.<br> <br> “The President has also pencilled down Amina Zakari for appointment as the Acting Chairman citing her experience as the oldest and most experienced National Commissioner of the Commission. “The President is planning to use the excuse of inability to hold election today as a reason for the imminent suspension.<br> <br> <br>

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INEC blames logistics problems, burning of offices, late court judgements for postponement

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZM7Z43ysIY/XGg4n0Ow4dI/AAAAAAADOkE/o9VNAsiJB4UnamPtcO727i1sO4orvjtiQCLcBGAs/s1600/Yakubu-Copy%2Binec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZM7Z43ysIY/XGg4n0Ow4dI/AAAAAAADOkE/o9VNAsiJB4UnamPtcO727i1sO4orvjtiQCLcBGAs/s320/Yakubu-Copy%2Binec.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> The Independent National Electoral Commission has blamed logistics problems and the burning of its offices in Plateau, Anambra and Abia states for the postponement of elections.<br> <br> INEC also said some late judgements which ordered the commission to include some parties on already printed ballot papers altered its plans for the elections.<br> <br> The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this while addressing stakeholders in Abuja on Saturday.<br> <br> He said the commission was able to address some of the unforeseen challenges but they had a negative effect on the overall planning of the polls.<br> <br> Yakubu added, “There have been delays in delivering ballot papers and result sheets for the elections which are not unusual. However, one must emphasise that all the ballot papers and result sheets were ready before the elections despite the very tight legal timeframe for the nomination of candidates and dealing with the spate of legal challenges that accompany it.<br>

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Buhari apologizes to Nigerians for the postponement of the 2019 general elections

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="412" height="242" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf0ALgOKShI/XGgpCT8BSZI/AAAAAAADOj0/AjTAeHqnzO05gQ_fmZHnZAU5MHQ2yioTACLcBGAs/s400/buhari%2Bpensive%2Bpity%2Bface%2Bsad.png" width="400"></div> <br> President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday apologized to Nigerians for the postponement of the 2019 general elections by one week.<br> <br> He felt bittered that many Nigerians must have spent their resources in moving from one location to the other towards voting in the postponement elections.<br> <br> Buhari, who returned to Abuja at 1:15 pm from Katsina State, spoke with journalists at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.<br> <br> Asked why he was disappointed over the postponement of elections, he said “Yes I am disappointed because INEC has got all the time and resources needed and therefore supposed to work according to their programme.<br> <br> “They were given all the resources, they had all the time and they kept on telling us up to the last minute that they were ready.<br> <br>

Nigeria Decides Politics Buhari apologizes to Nigerians for the postponement of the 2019 general elections

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday apologized to Nigerians for the postponement of the 2019 general elections by one week. He felt...

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