The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced the postponement of elections into the House of representatives in eleven federal constituencies in Jigawa State.
The postponement was announced by Jigawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Halliru Aliyu Tambawel on Friday night.
The postponement was due to the short-fall of sensitive materials including ballot papers and results sheets from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Tambawel explained at the INEC headquarters in Dutse, the state capital.
However, he gave assurance that the Presidential and senatorial elections will hold in all the 27 Local Government Areas of Jigawa State as scheduled.
The affected constituencies are:
Dutse/Kiyawa
Ringim/ Taura
HadeJia/Kafin Hausa/Auyo
Jahun Miga
Gumel/Maigatari/Sule tankarkar
Gagarawa, Kaugama/Malam-madori
Gwaram
Babura/Garki
Birnin Kudu /Buji
Birniwa/ Guri/Kirikasamma
Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/’Yankwashi.
The dates for the rescheduled elections will be announced later, Tambawel said.
