As mixed reactions continue to trail the rescheduling of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has described the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as a hero.
Browsing: election postponement
The Federal Government has reassured the Diplomatic Community on the peaceful conduct of the General Elections, re-scheduled for Saturday and March 9.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission says “only an Act of God” can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday.
Alhaji Abdulmanaf Muhammad, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday, called on supporters of the party nationwide to vote massively in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23.
A pan-African youth organisation, Youngstars Development Initiative, has demanded public apology from relevant authorities over National Youth Service Corps members’ plight when Presidential and National Assembly elections were rescheduled.
The National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress held an emergency meeting on Monday night following the postponed February 16, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Agboke gave the assurance on Tuesday in Ibadan while addressing stakeholders on the level of preparedness for the rescheduled Presidential/National Assembly elections.
The army said efforts were underway to track the source of the weapons being reportedly stockpiled to disrupt peaceful conduct of the elections.
The Nigerian Army has restated that its role in the rescheduled general elections starts and ends with the provision of a secured environment for the exercise.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said parties can now resume campaign for the postponed Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide has urged Igbo youths not to be demoralised by the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly Election.
President Muhammadu Buhari has saidthat any politician that decides to sponsor political thugs to cause trouble or to snatch ballot boxes in the rescheduled elections will be doing so at great risk.
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over an emergency meeting of the All Progressives Congress caucus at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja.
A labour leader, Timothy Akintola, on Monday advised the Independent National Electoral Commission not to further postpone the general elections.
The All Progressives Congress Directorate of Election Planning and Monitoring has demanded more transparency from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has raised the alarm that elections may not hold at all in the country if prayers are not offered fervently by Nigerians.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has faulted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over his excuse that bad weather condition was among factors that resulted in the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
I dash off to the petrol station to fill up my tank for the assignment of the much awaited presidential election of February 16.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says no political party should be blamed for postponement of the February 16, 2019 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Ministry of Basic Education in Anambra has reviewed the state school calendar following the adjustments on the election dates.