Another Support For Atiku

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The presidential candidate of National Interest Party(NIP), and chairman of the party, Mrs Eunice Atuejide has dropped her ambition of contesting fot the coverted office in the 2019 presidential polls due for Saturday, February 23. ln the same vein,she has declared full support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for President. According to a statement she released in that regard, Mrs. Atuejide explained that at the time she set out on this journey in 2016, she promised to always put Nigeria first, adding that in doing this, she invested so much into bringing together all the alternative candidates, pointing out that when that failed, she invested even more into her race for the Presidency “When I set out on this journey in 2016, I promised myself one thing – to always put Nigeria first! “I invested so much into bringing together all the alternative candidates and when that failed, I invested even more into my race for the Presidency.

UN ,AU ,EU Urge INEC To Adhere To New Dates

Election Observation Missions of the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and others have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to finalise all preparations and ensure that the new election dates are adhered to.
They said this in a joint statement signed by eight organisations and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, in light of the postponement of the general elections.
Other signatories to the statement are the election observation missions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Commonwealth Observer Group and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa.
Some others are the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the National Democratic Institute/International Republican Institute.
They also said that INEC should provide regular updates and information to the public on its preparations in the coming days and weeks to enhance confidence and trust in the process.
The observers also called on Nigerians to remain calm and support the electoral process.
"We, the Heads of the international election observation missions and the UN present in Nigeria, have taken note of the decision of INEC to postpone the 2019 general elections due to logistical and operational challenges."

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