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Sorry - this page has been removed. Nigeria will not delay presidential election over voter ID card delays
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. Nigeria’s council of state has decided to stick with 14 February as the date for its presidential election, Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha said, quashing concerns that the poll may be postponed.
National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki caused outrage when he called for a delay last month due to the slow distribution of voter ID cards necessary for accreditation at the polls.
For further information, please contact: The incumbent Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling People’s Democratic party will face former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.
The APC and civil society members criticised calls for a delay, saying it would bring the credibility of the election into question, and that the People’s Democratic party sought a postponement because it feared losing.
“No decision was taken to change the date. The date remains 14 February. [The] independent national electoral commission reassured us that they are prepared to conduct the election,” Okorocha told journalists.
The council of state is made up of the two presidential candidates, governors and former state leaders and electoral commission chairman Attahiru Jega.
On Wednesday, INEC said it had distributed 44m cards out of 68.8m, with just 10 days to go. Eleven states out of 36, plus the federal capital territory, had distributed less than 60% of their cards. Lagos, the most populous state and an opposition stronghold, had handed out less than 40%.