Elections will hold despite naira scarcity and protests - INEC

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has re-assured Nigerians that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls will hold nationwide.

According to him, the prevailing crisis ravaging the country will not prevent the election from been held.

The country has been faced with scarcity of Naira and fuel causing severe chaos, violence and destruction of bank properties across some states.

This comes following an order by the President to implement the Naira redesign policy.

Reacting to the crisis in the country, the INEC Chairman, said the commission is working closely with the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the security agencies to ensure the safe conduction of election.

Yakubu said;

“The Central Bank has assured us that we will not suffer any encumbrances in that regard, no there are no issues with respect to that.

“On what is happening around the country – the protests – is a security matter and security agencies have assured and reassured us that they will secure the environment for elections to hold peacefully nationwide. So we have no issues in that respect.”

BS