THE Presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have denied alleged plot to remove Prof Attahiru Jega, saying it is mischievous and unfounded.

A source in the Office of the National Security Adviser disclosed this yesterday in Abuja to reporters that “the rumoured sack of Jega is not from the Presidency but part of the propaganda by the opposition to soil the good name of the President, to discredit the government and cause trouble”.

The Presidency wondered why such rumour should gain ground when there is no corresponding letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) announcing the sack or with the knowledge of the Attorney-General(AG) of the Federation.

“Can such a decision be taken without AG knowing. Is that possible? Can this happen without any of such letter confirming it from the OSGF. If the opposition are sure let them tender such a letter from the SGF or produce such a letter from the Presidency”

He said it would be important if politicians take precautions in making such damaging utterance as such falsehood is capable of inciting violence and unnecessarily heat up the polity.

He said the constitution is well respected by the decision making process in the country and as well as in the discharge of duties, therefore it would be foolhardy for some people to assume that an official of government would be sacked or dislodged from his responsibilities for personal interest including the office of the Chairman of INEC or any official for that matter.

“The questions of leave or no leave, the laws are clear about it and the Government has nothing to do with that. The man has a job to do and please allow him to do the job without dragging the government into it and the man working under the rule of law”.

“This is the government that has been obeying the rule of law and is not going to abandon its adherence to it. Please they should allow Jega to do his work and stop heating up the polity. They should stop fanning the embers of trouble and inciting people into violence,” the source added.

Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu disclosed yesterday that rather than proceeding on a compulsory leave as it is been rumored, Jega is focused on using the extension of the 2015 polls to perfect the commission’s strategies to conduct what would be seen as the best election in the nation’s history.

He noted that the appointment of the INEC chairman was not under the Nigerian Civil Service Rules, stressing that even if his service would not be renewed by the Federal Government, he would serve out his tenure which he noted would elapse on June 30, 2015.

There has been reports that the INEC chairman would be asked to proceed on a compulsory leave on March 1, adding that the federal government has commenced the search for his replacement who would conduct the 2015 elections.

Idowu also disclosed that the ballot papers for Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled to hold on 28 March were ready, stressing that they have been in safe custody at the vault of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), waiting for deployments to the various states.

He also disclosed that thousands of ad hoc staff were being trained for the elections initially billed to take place on February 14 and 28 but shifted to March 28 and April 11.


http://m.ngrguardiannews.com/en/news/national-news/197552-presidency-inec-deny-alleged-plot-to-remove-jega

This Jonathan is too kind fa!
Prof Jiga was rolling on the ground begging for his job!
It must have touched the president to see a family man like that shedding tears.

dis drama sweet ehn

Era of rumours! I don't even know what to believe again. Naija i hail thee! This opposition thing is making me confused the more.

tit:
This Jonathan is too kind fa!
Prof Jiga was rolling on the ground begging for his job!
It must have touched the president to see a family man like that shedding tears.

You must be very stupid for spewing such rubbish against the person of Prof. Attehiru jega.

tit:
This Jonathan is too kind fa!
Prof Jiga was rolling on the ground begging for his job!
It must have touched the president to see a family man like that shedding tears.

Lol

Jega or no Jega, the state RECs will do the needful. APC started the dirty game by blocking people from collecting their PVCS. PDP would also use their power of incumbency.

Jega would only be in Abuja receiving figures

chukwudi44:
Jega or no Jega, the state RECs will do the needful. APC started the dirty game. So it must end dirty. Jega would only be in Abuja receiving figures

Ode! Vote tallies are to be entered into the data machine at the polling sites with members of each political party representatives present. Jega has broken Jonathan and PDP back because there won't be rigging this time. No ballot boxes needed with this new system. You can't enter more than registered number of voters from each precinct like PDP used to do. This is one thing that is paining them to the bone.

Mumu shukudi, brace yourself for impending heartbreaking.

yibomustgo:


Ode! Vote tallies are to be entered into the data machine at the polling sites with members of each political party representatives present. Jega has broken Jonathan and PDP back because there won't be rigging this time. No ballot boxes needed with this new system. You can't enter more than registered number of voters from each precinct like PDP used to do. This is one thing that is paining them to the bone.

Mumu shukudi, brace yourself for impending heartbreaking.

Bros Nobi pesin go put the figures ni? Have you ever heard of garbage in garbage out.BTW PDP have never been stupid enough to put more than registered no of voters

As if they didn't do That to Lamido Sanusi

As always na!

The denial before the removal!!!!!


All na political STRATEGY abi?

APC and propaganda.
Evil people using negative media to discredit Jonathan. Most things we hear on d news abt Jonathan are purely manipulations by APC members. God will expose them one by one.

GEJ til 2019

Only a fool still believes Jonathan words.

Story for the gods,no one expected confirmation before

chukwudi44:
Jega or no Jega, the state RECs will do the needful. APC started the dirty game by blocking people from collecting their PVCS. PDP would also use their power of incumbency.

Jega would only be in Abuja receiving figures

let see how u saTANiod evil plan wil work,21 good Recs against 16 corrupt Recs,or u stil believe 16 is greater than 21?.any method u pple wil use wil not work again.

WHy dem dey deny na?

Abi the clueless one dey fear ni

chukwudi44:
Jega or no Jega, the state RECs will do the needful. APC started the dirty game by blocking people from collecting their PVCS. PDP would also use their power of incumbency.

Jega would only be in Abuja receiving figures

apc is a party filled with fraudsters and scammers.

koikoi2:
APC and propaganda.
Evil people using negative media to discredit Jonathan. Most things we hear on d news abt Jonathan are purely manipulations by APC members. God will expose them one by one.

GEJ til 2019

this is what apc knows how to do best.

The only impression that this public denial is giving is that the Presidency and PDP are jittery.

..their 6 weeks would soon be here, and Nigerians are waiting for them with another excuse to postpone the election....obviously it's getting clear that PDP is no longer interested in the elections if they can't rig.

ilugunboy:
The only impression that this public denial is giving is that the Presidency and PDP are jittery.

..their 6 weeks would soon be here, and Nigerians are waiting for them with another excuse to postpone the election....obviously it's getting clear that PDP is no longer interested in the elections if they can't rig.

You're right. Nigerians are no longer interested in the elections.

JEGA should conduct it with his kinsmen.

dunkem21:


You're right. Nigerians are no longer interested in the elections.

JEGA should conduct it with his kinsmen.

Nigerians are very interested to vote in this elections...in fact there has never been this level of enthusiasm to vote ....save for 1993 elections....

Only PDP after seeing the handwriting is unwilling to proceed with the election...but whether they want or not Nigerians will choose new set of elected leaders in 6 weeks time...

America don warn una?
Abi?

Pangea:
America don warn una?
Abi?

Forget US, didn't Jonathan assure Kerry that there'll be no election postponement? Yet there was....
If Jega goes tomorrow, US will as always, come out to condemn and afterwards shut up

chukwudi44:


Bros Nobi pesin go put the figures ni? Have you ever heard of garbage in garbage out.BTW PDP have never been stupid enough to put more than registered no of voters

Bros if rigging the elections were going to be easy for PDP and GEJ, do you imagine they would have panicked and postponed the elections?

Obviously things were proving more difficult than they use to be for these enemies of our democracy but God pass all of them.

#March4Buhari

That is how they denied election postponement and it happened, GEJ and PDP are coup planners.

Propaganda upon propaganda
Well let dis election come and go so dat we can have peace


Today am just going to b so calm
Reading of comments is wot i will do

You can be sure that Prof Atahiru Jega is on his way out of INEC. There is nothing this coward government of GEJ denied that they didn't do at last. They denied any move to postpone the FeBuhari 14 election, GEJ even said it clearly to Senator John Kerry when he came calling, what a shame on a president whose words means nothing to himself! Nevertheless, Prof Femi Mimiko cannot conduct the election, GEJ can nominate him but remember that whether on leave or not, Jega's term expires by June 30, so no other substantive Chairman can be sworn in before that date. An Acting Chairman who is usually the most senior official of INEC will take over and conduct the election. This was the case when Emefiele was nominated to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi when GEJ placed him on an illegal suspension last year. The most senior Deputy Governor, Dr Sarah Alade acted as CBN governor till Sanusi's term expired before Emefiele (aka Mr Butcher) came in to butcher what is left of our currency and economy. This time around, GEJ will fail woefully, head or tail, he will go back to Otuoke come May 29, 2015.

The presidency can't be trusted, any which way Jega will chair the election & PDP will loose because the only thing left for them is rigging which has been check by Jega.