The first round of contest in the Nigerian 2019 election was held nationwide on February 23, 2019. The Presidential and National Assembly election suffered one-week postponement penultimate weekend to logistics concerns as cited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the body responsible for the conduct of the exercise. Prior to the election, the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) was accredited by the election management body as one organization that should observe the election. Accordingly, the Centre deployed a total of 419 observers across the nation to observe the election.