Nigeria’s elections, which was scheduled to hold this
Saturday, has been postponed for six weeks and this decision has caused a
lot of Nigerians pain.
Agnes Adedipe, a 28-year-old resident of Nigeria’s largest city Lagos, thought her March 28 wedding was coming together: then national elections were postponed to the same date.
The band was booked, invitations had been sent to 500 guests and two caterers hired to prepare a range of local specialities, including jollof rice and pounded yam.
“I am confused, angry and completely lost,” she told AFP.
Nigeria’s widely-criticised decision at the weekend to postpone the polls by six weeks because of violence by Islamist group Boko Haram has reverberated around the country.
The political uncertainty has further hurt an economy already hit by low global oil prices and led to warnings of a looming constitutional crisis.But that offered little comfort to Adedipe, who sobbed as she contemplated reorganising her wedding in just six weeks.
Election day in Nigeria — initially scheduled for February 14 — is a public holiday and movement is restricted because of heightened tension and the prospect of unrest.
In short, it’s not an ideal day for a 500-person wedding and Adedipe will be forced to reschedule.“This postponement has ruined my marriage plan,” she said.
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission has made the decision to postpone Nigerian 2015 elections due to security issues.
Agnes Adedipe, a 28-year-old resident of Nigeria’s largest city Lagos, thought her March 28 wedding was coming together: then national elections were postponed to the same date.
The band was booked, invitations had been sent to 500 guests and two caterers hired to prepare a range of local specialities, including jollof rice and pounded yam.
“I am confused, angry and completely lost,” she told AFP.
Nigeria’s widely-criticised decision at the weekend to postpone the polls by six weeks because of violence by Islamist group Boko Haram has reverberated around the country.
The political uncertainty has further hurt an economy already hit by low global oil prices and led to warnings of a looming constitutional crisis.But that offered little comfort to Adedipe, who sobbed as she contemplated reorganising her wedding in just six weeks.
Election day in Nigeria — initially scheduled for February 14 — is a public holiday and movement is restricted because of heightened tension and the prospect of unrest.
In short, it’s not an ideal day for a 500-person wedding and Adedipe will be forced to reschedule.“This postponement has ruined my marriage plan,” she said.
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission has made the decision to postpone Nigerian 2015 elections due to security issues.
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