The chairman of Nigeria’s electoral commission says a twice-postponed vote for the oil-rich nation’s National Assembly will be held on Saturday, though not in every region.
Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Attahiru Jega told a news conference televised nationwide on Thursday it would postpone elections in 15 out of 109 Senate races, while another 48 areas for House of Representatives races would be postponed.
Jega called the delay “inevitable” and blamed it on both domestic and international companies hired to print ballot papers.
The election was to be held April 2, but Jega stopped the election as ballot papers and tally sheets were missing from poll places across the country.