It is no longer in contention, that Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), postponed the 2015 general elections from February 14, to March 28, 2015 on the excuse that the security situation in the north eastern part of the country is not friendly.
The maturity however said to be displayed by politicians in the country however drew the attention of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, who apparently commended the show of maturity.
Here is what he said, "I
commend Mr. President and other leaders of the political parties and Nigerians as a whole for the maturity that have been demonstrated so far in this whole preparation towards the general elections that are now scheduled for later in March.
"We saw first of all the primaries; there were a lot of speculations about how they will go and they transpired in a very calm and peaceful manner.
"The campaigns started, and again Nigerians have demonstrated a lot of maturity in the general manner in which the campaigns have taken place.
"Naturally in periods such as this, there will be heightened tension, heightened rhetoric, but on the whole, we have very little violence associated with this process.
"And this is the same also with the postponement where there were a lot of speculations about what will happen but so far this process has been proceeding in a calm, peaceful and credible manner.
"This is the wish of the UN and also many friends of Nigeria. It is our expectations that all will continue to exercise restraint and keep this process clean. And that at the end of the day Nigerians will all accept the outcome of the vote of the people."
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