The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced a shift
in the 2015 general election earlier scheduled for February 14 and 28.
Announcing the postponement at a press conference in Abuja on
Saturday night, the chairman of the Commission, Attahiru Jega, said the
presidential and national assembly elections will now hold on March 28
while the governorship and state assemblies election will take place on
April 11.
Mr. Jega said the elections have to be postponed after the nation’s
security agencies indicated to the commission that they were not
available to support the elections planned for February 14 and 28.
The INEC chairman said security operatives agencies told INEC that
they were commencing a six-week special operation against Boko Haram
insurgents in the north eastern corridors of the country and would
rather not be distracted by the elections.
Mr. Jega announced that the security forces also said the operations
are due to commence on February 14, the date INEC had planned for the
presidential and federal legislative elections.
This decision by the security forces, he said, rendered INEC’s
readiness and hitherto insistence to go ahead with the elections a risky
venture.
Mr. Jega said his commission was not forced by anyone to shift the
elections, saying since the security agencies spoke of their
unavailability, it would be inappropriate for INEC to risk the lives of
its about 700,000 workers, who would conduct the elections.
He said even with the postponement, INEC does not envisage additional costs for the conduct of the polls.
Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com
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