During a meeting with the INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, in Abuja on Tuesday, a high-powered delegation led by the Bayelsa State deputy governor John Jonah, pleaded with the Commission that the November 2 thanksgiving day has been set aside for the State’s thanksgiving. A tradition which has been on for seven years.
Jonah, pleaded with the Commission to select any other day other than November 2 to enable the indigenes of the state celebrate their thanksgiving day, expressing fears that conducting the election on November 2 will affect voter turnout.
Responding, Yakubu acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Bayelsa State government shortly after the release of the time table for the Bayelsa and Kogi states election.
He assured them that the commission will make its decision known on Friday, May 17, 2019.
