Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that National Assembly has no power to alter the sequence of the 2019 general elections.
Jega, emphasized today, Thursday, at an occasion by Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Development (YIAGD) in Abuja, that several sections of the 1999 Constitution clearly state that the power to organize and set the date for elections remain the exclusive preserve of INEC.
Professor Jega said that the reorganizing of the election sequence would cost the country more if implemented.
The new amendments by the National Assembly showed that federal legislative election will come up first, followed by that of state legislatures and governors, and lastly, the presidential election.
