{"id":364365,"date":"2011-04-03T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/nigeria-elections-chief-delays-all-elections\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T19:11:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T19:11:46","slug":"nigeria-elections-chief-delays-all-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/nigeria-elections-chief-delays-all-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Elections Chief Delays All Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"64.325354797712\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Jide Ajani<\/p>\n<p> 3 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Lagos \u2014 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, led by Professor  Attahiru Jega, has rescheduled the voting dates for the 2011 general  elections.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Jega made the announcement Sunday at the INEC headquarters  after a meeting with the Chairmen of all the (63) political parties in  the country, rescheduling the election dates as follows:<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>The three elections were earlier scheduled to hold as follows:  National Assembly Elections, Saturday, April 2; Presidential Elections,  Saturday, April 9; and House of Assembly\/Governorship Elections,  Saturday, April 16.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists after the meeting with the political party chairmen, Jega said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced  the rescheduling of the 2011 National Assembly, Senate and the House of  Representatives elections from April 2, to April 4, 2011, due to late  arrival of sensitive election materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince that announcement, several representations have been made to  the Commission, urging it to consult more widely and to ensure that the  two-day postponement is enough to address all the logistical issues that  will militate against a successful conduct of the rescheduled election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have just finished a meeting with the Chairmen of all the  political parties in the country which is part of this wide  consultations and representations which we have received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing these representations and the subsequent consultations we  had with stake holders, the Commission has found that the overwhelming  sentiment is to further reschedule the rescheduled elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRequests to reschedule the National Assembly elections have come  from a cross section of stake holders including political parties and  civil society organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, rescheduling the National Assembly elections would have implications for the schedule of all the other elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the Commission weighed all the options and considered  the wide ranging counsel of Nigerians and decided to reschedule all the  elections as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaturday, April 9, Senate and House of Representatives Elections;<br \/>\u201cSaturday, April 16, Presidential Elections;<br \/>\u201cTuesday, April 26, State House of Assembly and Governorship Elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0Ca4C-7Y2KR6bt0b\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0C_mb7zusGbfZW7T\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0Ca23D04iflFYbZC\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0Ca5CYSAJ2hjudmD\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104030055.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Elections Chief Delays All Elections\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Elections Chief Delays All Elections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jide Ajani 3 April 2011 Lagos \u2014 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, led by Professor Attahiru Jega, has rescheduled the voting dates for the 2011 general elections. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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