Nigerian lawmakers give nod to election delay

Date: 04-11-2010 8:46 pm (13 years ago) | Author: AfricanNewslive
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Nigerian lawmakers approved constitutional changes Thursday allowing the postponement of presidential elections set for early next year after warnings there would not be enough time to prepare.

Both houses of parliament have now adopted the changes making it possible for the poll to be organised as late as April instead of the previously scheduled January date. State parliaments must now approve the measures.

"We have amended the constitution," senior lawmaker Ita Enang told reporters. "It will now be sent to the state houses of assembly for their concurrence." Read More: http://indepthafrica.com/?p=1843

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