INEC MOVES AGAINST INITIAL PLAN:2019: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL HOLD FIRST – INEC INSISTS
INEC
MOVES AGAINST INITIAL PLAN:2019: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL HOLD FIRST – INEC
INSISTS
Chairman
of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke during the quarterly consultative
meeting with the media in Abuja, on Monday, noted that the governorship and
state legislative elections will come next.
Yakubu
said the electoral body would continue to prepare for elections based on its
own schedule since it could not make plans based on speculation.
He
said, “There are many ‘ifs’ but here, we deal with certainty. As far as the
commission is concerned, there is no legal lacuna at the moment. What we have
done is on the basis of the existing law and nothing has changed.
“If the
bill is accented to, we will look at the provisions and inform Nigerians on the
next step. But as far as the commission is concerned at the moment, we are
operating under the existing law and we have issued a timetable for the
activities accordingly.
“If
something happens tomorrow, we will examine it and proceed accordingly.
“Right
now, the draft is on my table based on the current schedule of activities.
Thereafter, we will submit it to the approving authorities.”