The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has moved the presidential and national assembly elections till February 23. The governorship and state assembly elections will now hold on March 9. He said the decision was taken after a careful review of the plan for the exercise.“Following a careful review of the implementation of its logistics and operational plan and the determination to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the commission came to the conclusion that proceeding with the elections as scheduled is no longer feasible,” he said.“Consequently, the commission has decided to reschedule the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, 23 February 2019.“Furthermore, the Governorship, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections are rescheduled to Saturday 9th March 2019. This will afford the Commission the opportunity to address identified challenges in order to maintain the quality of our elections.“This was a difficult decision for the Commission to take, but necessary for the successful delivery of the elections and the consolidation of our democracy.”He announced that the commission will meet key stakeholders to update them on the development at 2pm on Saturday.NEC had summoned stakeholders to an emergency meeting on Friday night following the logistics problem in some states.In Ekiti state, electoral materials had not arrived some areas as of 9pm, in Edo state, a top member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attributed the delay in the arrival of materials to a plot of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to frustrate the opposition party.The address of the INEC chairman has laid the controversies to rest.