Nigeria president vows no further election delays

President Goodluck Jonathan.

Abuja - Nigerian President on Friday on Friday promised there would be no further vote delays, after the electoral agency pushed back the presidential and parliamentary polls by six weeks to May.
"We will surely conduct elections as scheduled. We promise you. Communicate this to your homes that elections will be conducted as scheduled and on 29th of May, there will be an inauguration of a president of this country," he told the foreign envoys.
The electoral agency INEC had on Saturday postponed the presidential and parliamentary elections earlier scheduled for February 14 to March 28, citing insurgency problems especially in northeast of the country.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also shifted state governorship and assembly elections from February 28 to April 11.
The United Nations and the European Union have led a chorus of disapproval over the poll shift.