No plan to cancel 2023 polls, says Nigerian government
The Nigerian Government on Tuesday faulted a widely-circulated report, credited to an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official, Abdullahi Zuru, that the 2023 general elections face a serious threat of cancellation due to insecurity
Penpushing reports that contrary to this, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at the 17th edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023) assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as planned.
The Minister said there is no cause for alarm over the fake report adding that all hands are on deck to ensure peaceful and credible conduct of the polls, stressing that the position of the Nigerian Government was that nothing has happened to change the elections dates
‘The position of the federal government remains that the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Nothing has happened to change that position. We are aware that INEC is working with the security agencies to ensure that the elections are successfully held across the country. The security agencies have also continued to assure Nigerians that they are working tirelessly to ensure that the elections are held in a peaceful atmosphere’, Mohammed assured.
Penpushing also reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Presidential and the National Assembly election for 25 February and the Governorship/State Assembly election for 11 March, 2023.
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