Osun speaker warns against poll shift

February 5, 2015 by Femi Makinde Leave a Comment

Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable Najeem Salaam
| credits: osundefender.org

The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, has warned the Independent National Election Commission against postponing the presidential election scheduled to hold on February 14.

Salaam gave the warning in Osogbo on Tuesday evening at a program organised by the Osun State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.

The Speaker said that postponing the polls could cause crisis in the country because the majority of the people would neither trust the Federal Government nor believe the outcome of election result if it was held at a later date.

Salaam also said a shift in date would waste the huge funds allocated for the conduct of the elections and would also drain the pockets of the contestants.

He said, “We are saying no to the postponement! Why would they postpone the election? The INEC has been preparing for the election since the past four years and are we going to ask them to postpone this?”