Prof. Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman in a media briefing in Abuja today 7th February announced the postponement of the General elections. The presidential election now holds on the 28th of March while the governorship election holds on the 11th of April.
Jega said this conclusion was reached after wide consultation with all stakeholders and security heads. He said the main reason for the shift for the election was due to security reasons which the security personnel's said they needed about six weeks more to prepare for the elections.
He said this is in the best interest of the country and that it will give the security department more time to prepare for the election. and on the part of INEC they will also try to give more training to their ad-hoc staff
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