INEC Chairman To Meet With Political Party On Election Postponement.

Nigeria’s election commission will on Saturday announce whether
or not it will postpone national polls set for February 14, a spokesman said.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, met Nigeria’s powerful Council of States on Thursday to discuss the country’s readiness for the vote.
Concerns have centred on struggles to distribute voter identity cards to 68.8 million registered voters as well as unrest in the northeast, where hundreds of thousands face disenfranchisement because of Boko Haram violence.
Following Thursday’s meeting, “the Commission has scheduled a consultative meeting with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, as well as a meeting with (regional election chiefs on Saturday),” INEC spokesman Kayode Idowu said in a statement.
“Thereafter, the Commission will address a press conference to brief the nation on its decision with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled,” he added.
The closed-door council of states meeting — attended by past presidents, state governors, security chiefs and INEC — lasted more than seven hours and included tense discussion over the February 14 date, multiple sources said.
Jega reportedly sought to assure the council that INEC was ready and pushed back aggressively against calls for a postponement.
National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki has publicly pushed for a delay to allow more time for voter card distribution.
Separately, the dynamics of the Boko Haram conflict have changed rapidly over the last 10 days.
Source:PM News