The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. has said that the commission is not contemplating or planning to postpone the 2023 general election.
Yakubu stated this on Tuesday during his appearance at the Chatham House, London while speaking on the theme “Nigeria’s 2023 elections: Preparations and priorities for electoral integrity and inclusion.”
He said the commission will conduct the elections as scheduled.
He said that the commission has enormous responsibilities that are not taken lightly.
He noted that the commission faces challenges, but it can surmount it through open discussion, thus ensuring that elections in Nigeria continue to get better.
“May I on this note, once again reiterate our position, that the commission is not contemplating let alone planning to postpone the 2023 general election,” Yakubu said.
“We are going ahead to conduct the election, as scheduled.
He however not that conducting election in Nigeria is a “huge undertaking” due to the “geographical expanse of the country, the number of registered voters, electoral constituencies and polling unit.”
He said explained that “93.4 million registered voters expected to elect their representatives in 1,491 constituencies, spread across 176,846 polling units.”
He added that Nigeria’s current voter population is 16.7 million higher than the 76.7 million registered voters in all other West African countries put together.
INEC is not contemplating postponing 2023 election, says INEC Chairman at Chatham House pic.twitter.com/rQh3Yspm9i
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