The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced the
postponement of election in seven out of eleven federal constituencies
in Jigawa state.
The resident electoral commissioner in charge of state, Alhaji Halliru
Aliyu Tambawel announced the development while briefing news men
yesterday night at INEC headquarter in Dutse, said the postponement was
due to the short-fall of Sensitive materials including ballot papers and
results sheets from the central Bank of Nigeria.
He listed the affected seven federal constituencies as Dutse/Kiyawa,
Ringim/ Taura, HadeJia/Kafin Hausa/Auyo, and Jahun Miga federal
Constituencies of Jigawa state, others include Gumel/Maigatari/Sule
tankarkar/ Gagarawa, Kaugama/Malam-madori and Gwaram Federal
constituencies.
Tambuwal explained that the remaining four federal constituencies in the
state election will hold today and they include Babura/Garki, Birnin
Kudu /Buji, Birniwa/ Guri/Kirikasamma and Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/’Yankwashi
federal constituencies in the state.
The resident electoral commissioner further explained that, the
Presidential election and senatorial elections will hold as scheduled in
all the 27 local government areas in the state as the commission
received both sensitive and non sensitive material for the election and
ready for election.
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