The Independent National
Electoral Commission has said there is no going back on the planned Kogi State
governorship supplementary election scheduled for December 5. As a mark of its
preparedness, the commission said it had prepared its supplementary budget for
the election.
The
commission’s Deputy Director of Voters Education and Publicity, Mr. Nick
Dazang, stated this in an interview with the media in Abuja on
Saturday.
The Punch report continues:
He
said the commission was not ready to either shift or postpone the scheduled
election,
Dazang
said, “We are prepared for the election and we are not thinking of either
postponing it or cancelling it. In fact, we have prepared a supplementary
budget for the election.
“The
budget is for the conduct of the election and it will cover expenses such as
accommodation, allowance and other logistics for the election.”
He
said the budget was already submitted to the commission’s chairman, Prof.
Mahmood Yakubu.
On
when the All Progressives Congress would submit the name of its governorship
candidate, he said the commission had yet to give the party a deadline.
But
he said the commission would not give the party a deadline for now.
“We are not talking about
deadline for now, but we expect the party to submit the name of its candidate
by December 1,” he added.
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