The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has insisted that the forthcoming election will not be postponed for any reason.
He stressed that the commission’s stand when he received the new Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. General Yushu’a Ahmed on Thursday.
Yakubu was also believed to be reacting to reports that the commission might be postponing the polls.
However, in his brief remarks today, Yakubu cleared the air saying the election would hold as planned as the commission has no plans to shift any of the elections.
He told Ahmed how lucky the commission was to have a large pool of youths, who are largely corp members ready for deployment in the elections.
The INEC boss noted that no electoral commission can conduct any election based on its own staff strength alone across countries of the world.
He, therefore, assured the new NYSC boss of the safety of corp members during the election.
Ahmed also gave his words that the commitment of the NYSC to the delivery of credible polls in the country was unshakable.
