Many Nigerians have express shock and condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, for postponing the 2019 general election barely few hours to the exercise.
In this report, Correspondent, Emmanuel Chigbata, went round the capital city of Awka to ascertain people’s reactions and now reports.
The presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold yesterday was shifted to twenty third of this month while the Governorship and State House of Assembly was also postponed to Ninth of March 2019.
Baring his mind on the development, a teacher at Nnamdi Azikiwe University High School Awka, Mr. Patrick Chukwuma, considered INEC actions as uncalled for considering the time of the postponement adding that since the amalgamation of Nigeria, no general election has been shifted the particular day it was scheduled to take place.
Mr. Chukwuma added that the postponement has brought a great shame to the country.
A food vendor at Arroma junction Awka, Mrs. Ifeoma Ugochukwu, said she felt disappointed over the election shift of which she noted has denied people access to their businesses.
On his part an industrialist, Mr. Stephen Okenwa, explained that if INEC could not prepare for election in four years they would not be ready in just one week, noting that the postponement has made people to lose interest in the election.
Mr. Edmond Okeke, a retired civil servant and a trader in Awka, Mr. Edwin Okafor, said the postponement took everybody by surprise and off balance as many have conditioned their minds that are going to the polls yesterday.
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