INEC chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega just briefed the media on the outcome of their
meeting today. He said the 2015 general elections has been postponed by 6 weeks.
Jega said the decision was made after briefings with various stakeholders notably
political parties, security agencies, civil society and the media. He said 26 out of the
28 registered parties were at the meeting. Jega blamed the postponement on lack of
security and collection of PVC. He said only 66% of the 96% PVCs has been collected
New dates: the presidential election will now hold March 28th while Governorship
election will now hold April 11th.
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