Nigerians happy to vote for the future of their country, says Arena, EU observer

.. reveals that polling stations are open after 8 hours

By Levinus Nwabughiogu & Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA-EU observers in Nigeria's presidential and national badembly polls expressed satisfaction with the turnout of voters, saying it indicated that Nigerians were aware of the future of their country.

Maria Arena, head of the mission, made the remarks after visiting firing units in Abuja.

The chief observer, however, indicated that the vote had begun later than 8 hours after following the process in the polling stations located at the premises of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Zone 10 of the metropolis of Nigeria. Abuja.

She also said that the EU was still receiving information from its observers across the country, indicating that a preliminary report would be available Monday.

She said, "What's important is not where I'm going. We have 90 observers across the country and, therefore, we collect information from all over the country from our observers. I just shot a unit. But we gather information from across the country.

"I must say that we are not here to give an impression. European Observation Mission, we are working on a methodology for a long-term observation mission. So we have been here since January and we are watching the whole process. I am not here to give my own impression and personal impression. What we can say is that we gather information from everywhere. We have seen that many voting units were opened after 8 am. We can say that for the moment.

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"We will have a preliminary report on February 25th. We will have all the information. We collect information and we do not want to give our impression now. What is important is that we have this election today.

This is important for the Nigerian people. We have seen many Nigerians be happy to be there and have the opportunity to vote for their country. It is therefore very important and we must give this message to the people of Nigeria to vote for the future of their country. "

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