Why INEC shifts guber, assembly elections to March 18
Due to its inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, machines on time, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections fixed for March 11 to March 18. The Court of Appeal, yesterday, gave the commission the nod to reconfigure the BVAS used for the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls in readiness for the state elections. Confirming the postponement, the Head of Voter Education, Publicity, Gender and Civil Society Organisation of INEC in Ondo State, Funke Segun-Osifeso said: “This is to inform you that House of Assembly election has been officially postponed till Saturday 18/02/2023. “Therefore, the distribution exercise slated for tomorrow has been cancelled. I’m sorry for the inconveniences.” Another source in INEC said that another reason the election may be postponed is insecurity. It was gathered that following the violence that characterized the F...