The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the elections for Governor and State House of Assembly will take place on March 11 as planned.
Festus Okoye, the commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
Okoye said that all the steps leading up to the elections were being finished.
“The commission held its regular weekly meeting and deliberated on several issues, including the presidential and National Assembly elections.
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“It also discussed the governorship and State Assembly elections and the pending elections in Enugu East Senatorial District and the Esan Central/Esan West and Igueben Federal Constituencies in Edo.”
He said the rescheduled elections in Enugu State and Edo would be held on March 11, along with the elections for Governor and State Assembly.
“The commission is aware that in some Senatorial Districts and Federal Constituencies, Declarations and Returns were not made.
“The Commission is compiling the list of the affected constituencies. A date for supplementary elections will be fixed after the governorship and State Assembly elections,” Okoye added.
