BREAKING NEWS: INEC Reschedules 2019 General Elections

INEC Chairman


The Independent National Electoral commission ( INEC) has postponed the Presidential and the National Assembly elections as well as the Gubernatorial and House of Assemblies elections.

The INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced the new development at a press conference in INEC headquarters in Abuja .

He made the announcements at about 2:30am today, Saturday, February 16, 2019.

He cited challenges on logistics as the main reason for the postponement of the general elections. Some of the States where logistics challenges occur are Ekiti and Niger states.

The new date for the Presidential and National Assembly election has now been scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd 2019 and the Gubernatorial and House of Assemblies elections moved to Saturday, March 9th, 2019.

See below the official letter uploaded on the electoral body website and social media pages.
Photo credit:@inecnigeria


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