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Nigerian Legislators Pondering Vote Delay

   Scott Stearns | Dakar 28 September 2010

   Nigerian  lawmakers  said  they  are  willing  to  consider postponing
   legislative,   presidential   and   gubernatorial  polls  because  the
   electoral commission said there is not enough time to register voters.

   A  joint  committee from Nigeria's Senate and House of Representatives
   said  it  accepts  the  need  to  delay  the  vote after the electoral
   commission asked for more time.
   Commission chairman Attahiru Jega told lawmakers that Nigerians aspire
   not  to go through the process of an election, but to have the outcome