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By Victoria Ojeme and Ezra Ukanwa
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, Wednesday, advised the INEC boss, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to give-in to the pressures from political parties to adjust the electoral timetable.
The former boss who stated this, in Abuja, during a one-way colloquium on: emerging issues that will shape the 2023 general election in Nigeria, said that one of the repercussions of bowing to the pressure of modifying the electoral timetable, would serve as a recipe to electoral disaster.
Jega, while stating that enough time had been given to all political parties to work within the framework given issued by INEC, said that shifting the electoral timetable would have a ripple effect on the electoral process.
His words: “I commend INEC for refusing to yield to the pressure of political parties to change the timetable for…
