The Commonwealth election observers and the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room have called for action on the late arrival of election officials and materials for today's presidential and National Assembly elections across the country.

They made the call on Saturday, February, 25 in Abuja as they presented their interim report on the presidential and national assembly elections

The head of the Commonwealth observer mission to Nigeria and former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, who was a guest at the briefing, said his committee observed the late arrival of officials and materials to polling units (PUs) in many parts of the country.

"The point I'm making is that everybody arrived late. And before they could start with the voting, it took some time," Mbeki said.