The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the dates for the Presidential and
National Assembly elections, which will hold in 2019.
INEC chairman, Professor Yakubu
Mahmood, made this announcement, while meetijng with members of the Commission
and all Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC), at the INEC Headquarters’
Conference Hall, Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, the
Presidential and National Assembly elections have been fixed for Saturday, 16th
February, 2019.
The event was live-tweeted on
INEC’s official Twitter handle.
“Above all the 2019
#NigeriaDecidesGeneral Elections is exactly 505 days away from today.
“The Gov. State Assembly and
Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Area Council elections are fixed for Saturday
2nd March 2019.
“As part of our preparations for
the elections, we shall discuss the on-going Continuos Voter Registration (CVR)
exercise.
“As you are aware, the foundation
of a free and fair election rest on credible Voter Register.
“So far, 2,786,405 citizens have
registered in the ongoing exercise out of which 1,619,513 (58%) are Male while
1,166,892 (42%) are female.
“The Presidential and National
Assembly elections have been fixed for Saturday 16th February 2019.
“In addition 108,752 unclaimed
PVCs were collected. 132,431 requested for transfer while 261,429 requested for
replacement of their PVCs.
“We wish to assure Nigerians that
INEC will continue to explore ways by which we can improve on all d processes
associated with d ongoing CVR
“On this note, let me once again
welcome all RECs to this meeting. Thank you and God bless,” some of the updates
read.
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