Naira crisis: Elections must hold as scheduled – INEC

Anthony Iwuoma

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that the 2023 general elections must hold regardless of the crisis associated with the Federal Government naira swap policy.

INEC in a tweet titled: ‘Fake News Alert’, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a fake report circulating on the social media with the title: ‘INEC May Postpone Feb 25 Election by a week or two’.

“The commission will not and is not contemplating postponing the 2023 general elections. Nigerians should disregard it.”

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Also Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, described as false the claim a report that quoted the INEC chairman as saying the commission was affected by the cash shortage and that a postponement of the election would be in the best interest of Nigerian.

“It is not true,” he said. “INEC will not, and is not even contemplating postponing the 2023 general election.

“To be sure, the presidential and National Assembly elections will take place on 25th February, while the governorship/state assembly election will hold on 11th March 2023.”