{"id":65847,"date":"2019-03-27T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65847"},"modified":"2019-03-27T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:00:26","slug":"inec-announces-resumption-of-rivers-state-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/inec-announces-resumption-of-rivers-state-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Announces Resumption of Rivers State Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-8421147361165886102\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it would resume the Rivers State Governorship and House of Assembly Elections April 2, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The governorship and state house of assembly electoral process was suspended on March 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by Edwin Enabor, Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Rivers State, said the electoral body is committed to a free and fair elections.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The statement read: \u201cAccording to the timetable, a stakeholders\u2019 meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, while the resumption of collation and announcement of results will hold between April 2 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supplementary elections will be conducted where necessary on April 13, results will be announced between April 13 and 15, while certificates of return will be issued on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe identified activities for the conclusion of the process flow from the careful auditing by the Fact-Finding Team set up by the Commission\u2019s headquarters to review the circumstances that led to the suspension of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>INEC expressed its commitment to ensuring that the exercise is free, fair, transparent and credible, just as it appealed to the people of Rivers State to \u201cembrace the resumed electoral activities towards bringing a closure\u201d to the 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it would resume the Rivers State Governorship and House of Assembly Elections April 2, 2019. 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