NIGERIANS SAY NO TO ELECTION POSTPONEMENT

It is getting clearer by the day that those who have suddenly become apostles of elections postponement are either having something to hide or are just jittery of losing out in the forth-coming elections.

Hence, they are sponsoring people to protest and call for postponement just to strategize for rigging.

Those that are justifying the postponement because many Nigerians are yet to collect their PERMANENT VOTERS CARDS, PVC should know that INEC cannot force people to pick up their PVCs.

No law or constitution mandates every Nigerian to collect his or her PVC and vote. Those that want to vote should pick their PVCs.

According to INEC, as at today, out of the 68,833,476 registered voters, the number of registered voters that have collected their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, amounts to 45,098,876.

This figure represents 66 percent of the 68,833,476 registered voters.

The challenge, arising from distribution of the PVCs, has created the call for postponement of elections, from some quarters, including Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan.

On Monday, some protesters, numbering about 100, stormed INEC headquarters to demand postponement of the elections, citing non availability of all the cards for the voters.

Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega said that INEC had taken delivery of all the cards and distributed them to all the states of the federation.

Since the Commission has made available all the cards, he maintained that Nigerians have responsibility to urge those that are yet to collect their PVCs to do so.

We say NO TO POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION...