By Danlami Nmodu
Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral umpire,INEC,Professor Attahiru Jega will announce tomorrow (Saturday) the commission’s decision “with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled”, Mr Kayode Idowu,chief press secretary to the chairman said in a statement Friday.
He said on the heels of the National Council of State meeting on Thursday and the attendant briefings by theNational Security Adviser and Armed Services Chiefs, he will meet with chairmen of political parties and their secretaries on Saturday.
“As a follow-up to that meeting, the Commission has scheduled a consultative meeting with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, as well as a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
“Thereafter, the Commission will address a press conference to brief the nation on its decision with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled.
This development, the statement said was consequent upon the fact that “On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, was invited to brief the National Council of States (NCS) on the preparedness of INEC to conduct the 2015 general elections. He made a presentation titled ‘Preparations for the 2015 General Elections: Progress Report.’ The National Security Adviser (NSA) and Armed Services Chiefs also briefed the Council on the current security situation.