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Nigeria Struggles With Election

Let’s hope that Nigeria can pull off their election.

Landmark Nigerian presidential polls have begun shakily after problems in getting recently printed ballot papers to the 120,000 polling stations.

Voting failed to begin in much of the country as scheduled, even though the start was delayed by two hours.

Printing issues meant voting papers for the landmark poll did not arrive from South Africa until Friday evening.

An overnight attack on election HQ in Abuja failed when a petrol tanker laden with detonators failed to explode.

The election should result in the first transfer of power between civilian presidents since independence - but BBC reporters across the country are reporting numerous problems.

This is a timely reminder of how many people out there are still fighting tooth and nail to establish a government by consent.

Posted by Owen at 0720 hrs
Foreign Affairs

1. If the Nigerians can do it sucessfully will they come over and show Florida how it’s done?

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