Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a public holiday a day to the postponed presidential elections.
Addressing the country in a nationwide broadcast on Friday, President Buhari, who is among 73 candidates for Saturday’s elections, said the holiday will enable voters travel to their various voting centres to cast their ballot.
The elections in Africa’s most populous nation were originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 16.
But a few hours to the polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) postponed the elections by a week, citing logistical challenges.
The governorship, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territorial Area Council elections were also delayed by a week, from February 23 to March 2, 2019.
President Buhari asked voters in his broadcast to go out in their numbers and vote for their preferred candidates on Saturday.
The presidential elections are expected to be a key race between the president and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.
But the All Progressives Congress (APC) rejected such allegations and expressed disappointment in Inec.
Source: 3news.com|Ghana