FILE PHOTO: A cyclist drives pasts a campaign poster for President Muhammadu Buhari in a street after the postponement of the presidential election in Kano, Nigeria February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian fuel suppliers have cut the price of petrol to encourage people to travel to vote in presidential elections this Saturday after the poll was delayed by a week, the information minister said on Wednesday.
The electoral commission announced the delay early last Saturday just Nigeria's 84 million registered voters were preparing to head to the polls. The election is now scheduled to take place this Saturday.
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