By REACTIONS FOLLOWING INEC’S POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS
It is no doubt that one headline making the rounds as we speak is the announcement of election postponement by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in the early hours of this morning.
With the announcement, election slated for today will now take place next week leaving many Nigerians still in the shock as they slept preparing to exercise their franchise and woke to the news that they will have to wait for another week to do so.
BlackBox Nigeria in a bid to sample the opinion of Nigerians as regards this development took to the social media space specifically on Twitter where it gathered that majority of those who tweeted are not happy with the sudden announcement by INEC after assuring Nigerians recently that the commission would not be looking the way of postponement.
These reactions are coming from both leaders from the two major political parties in Nigeria, social media influencers and other stakeholders.
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Below their reactions:
@sunnybliss:
Same sickness and symptoms still surfacing in Nigeria. Our Leaders lack philosophical brain. They don’t plan for future. Ekiti, Osun and other states elections prior to this general election is enough for INEC to plan. I wonder when we will be a developed country.
@enshate :
We’re too comfortable or maybe predictable in #Nigeria that we could be tossed around anytime and by anyone. This election has been planned since 2015 and #INEC’s chairman is still keeping his job after this announcement.
@eromzy :
Voting population will be significantly reduced, and that’s the plan behind this postponement on same day of election. You can believe the lies INEC is spewing
@AyoThinks :
In 2015 elections, INEC under Jega was hailed for trying to prevent rigging ..now look at INEC now , very little transparency, no questions after the press conference about this postponement..just to clarify they’ve managed to disrupt 4 Saturday’s for the Economy
@temmyadetunji :
INEC has successfully given a lot of Nigerians another reason to boycott the elections. You keep on playing with people’s time as though they have no plans for it. Stop wasting Nigerians life.
@IzuchukwuUdemba:
What image are we presenting to the world? Soon Liar Mohammed and co will come to tell us that it didn’t start with them; that it was postponed in 2015. At least the inec then had the decorum to inform us a week before the election and also …
@Chiquadiva
This INEC thing is so similar to how we prepare our athletes for sports. From the Olympics to the World Cups & Championships, 4 years is never enough for Nigeria to plan. EVER. Sadly, unlike INEC, if after 4 years you ain’t ready, the rest of the world is.
@philomowole
TheBigPhil Retweeted TheBigPhil
If INEC knew they weren’t prepared for the presidential elections, they could have easily postponed it till after the Gubernatorial elections, prepare well for March 2. But no, they had to scatter everybody’s plan.
The reactions continued:
