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President Goodluck Jonathan has
reassured Nigerians and the
international community that he has
no plan to sack the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, Attahiru Jega, ahead of
Nigeria’s general elections slated for
March 28 and April 11.
Mr. Jonathan’s reassurance came
amid speculation that the Federal
Government, through the office of
the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation, is plotting to send Mr.
Jega on terminal leave before the
elections.
Mr. Jega’s tenure ends in June but
there are claims the administration
plans to send him on a three-month
pre-disengagement leave before the
election.
The speculation were fuelled by
allegations by the opposition All
Progressives Congress and the anti-
Jega posturing of the Peoples
Democratic Party as well as groups
and individuals rooting for Mr.
Jonathan.
Last Thursday, senators of the APC,
led by George Akume, said they had
reliable Intelligence that Mr. Jega
would be asked to proceed on pre-
retirement leave this week through a
letter that would emanate from the
office of the Head of Service of the
Federation.
But speaking on Monday in an
interview with Aljazeera, Mr.
Jonathan dispelled the speculation.
The president said INEC is a sensitive
and important institution and that
removing its chairman arbitrarily
would spark public outcry.
“Except somebody is insinuating that
the Chairman has done something
wrong. You cannot change an officer,
except the person has done something
wrong,” Mr. Jonathan said in
response to a question on Mr. Jega.
He continued, “Government, whether
at the federal or state level,
president or governor, does not wake
up and change somebody, especially
somebody like the INEC Chairman,
except that person has done
something wrong.
“INEC is a very sensitive body. For me
to change INEC Chairman Nigerians
will ask questions. So, you cannot
wake up and change INEC Chairman.”
He added that he had never discussed
with “any human being on earth
about changing INEC Chairman”.
While the PDP has alleged an unholy
link between the APC and the INEC
boss, Mr. Jonathan’s presidential
campaign has outrighly accused Mr.
Jega of involvement in “grand
conspiratorial alliance” with the
opposition party for “electioneering
permutations” and deliberately
skewed distribution of permanent
voter cards against states believed
to be PDP strongholds.
Mr. Jega has strongly rejected the
allegations.
Mr. Jonathan has in the past
repeatedly committed to free and fair
polls, devoid of any form of violence.
But his campaign has been especially
critical of INEC of late, accusing it of
partisanship, and opposing the use of
card readers in the elections.
INEC plans to use the card readers to
accredit voters on election day to
check multiple voting and voting by
proxy.

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Jega cannot outsmart GEJ

Ones bitten twice shy, abi how dem dey talk am. Gej we are not falling for that again

Orijin101:
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Seriously?