INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarifications while fielding questions from State House correspondents yesterday in Abuja.
He said that there was no provision under the law for postponement of elections. “I have said this over and over again; there are no conditions under which elections should be postponed, under section 26 of the Electoral Act.
“The date is formed and fixed, February 16, 2019; we issued the timetable way in advance; for the very first time in the history of our nation, citizens of Nigeria know when elections will take place one year in advance. It has never happened before.
“Secondly, for the very first time in the history of our country, citizens know the budget of the electoral commission; citizens know line by line how much the commission proposed; what the money is going to be spent on.
“ I think I am very happy with this process.’’ He said that as provided in the constitution, INEC had, since April 27, 2017, been registering voters consistently in response to appeal by Nigerians. Yakubu said that INEC had created more centres for the registration but finally decided that it should suspend the process as provided for by the law, six months to the elections.
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