The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Friday, rejected the call
for the postponement of the presidential
election and declared that Nigerians will
vote their next leader on February 14.
INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega,
made the declaration in Abuja, at a
workshop organised by the commission on
“Mitigation of Violence In Election”.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel
Sambo Dasuki (rtd), had, on Thursday in
London, canvassed for the postponement of
the polls and disclosed that he had made
his view on the matter known to the
Chairman of INEC. A chieftain of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief
Olabode George had supported the call by
Dasuki, saying he had not even collected his
PVC.
However, speaking on the issue on Friday,
Jega said the commission had at no time
sat down to review the date of the election
despite the challenges related to the
distribution of the PVCs and insisted that
the commission was working round the clock
to ensure all PVCs were distributed .
Jega reminded the people that the
commission had released the elections
timetable about a year ago and had been
vigorously working to meet up with the date.
He declined comment on Dasuki’s call, but
said, however, “In any case, whatever I say
is the commission’s position and the
commission has not discussed this matter
and taken a position on it. So, I want to be
more patient on this. I cannot comment on
this for now.”
According to him, the commission should not
be blamed for people who refused to come
out and collect PVCs which had been
produced and sent to various collection
points across the country. He said the
commission had continued to produce PVCs
to meet the 68 million registered voters
already captured and certified by the
commission to be genuine. He said about
four million cards were received by the
commission on Thursday.
Jega reiterated the position of INEC that the
election would be conducted with only the
PVCs which had been tested and proven to
be valid for elections.


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