mikeansy:

That was the conclusion you always wanted to reach. But even with folks picking apart your claims . . . .you have simply made a conscious decision to announce your pre-determined conclusion anyway.

Thank you for your honesty

~Bluetooth:

my bad.if you think otherwise,what other reason would you give for yaradua for not handing over to jonathan.lets call a spade a spade.stop being sentimental but objective

Kobojunkie:

I think there is more to what we have now than what we are led to believe. Yar adua did not handover but Jonathan himself does not want to take over power from Yar adua. He is part reason why Yar adua is still president.

Jarus:

@Kobo,
Hope you got my mails?

Jarus:

@Kobo,
Hope you got my mails?

Ikengawo:

are you people arguing about how will 'replace' jonathan during a visit that will last less then 8 hours maximum?
lol you people are crazy.

Ikengawo:

are you people arguing about how will 'replace' jonathan during a visit that will last less then 8 hours maximum?
lol you people are crazy.

Ikengawo:

are you people arguing about how will 'replace' jonathan during a visit that will last less then 8 hours maximum?
lol you people are crazy.

Beaf:

Sunday to Thursday. . . 8 hours?
Eze goes to school!

~Bluetooth:

my bad.if you think otherwise,what other reason would you give for yaradua for not handing over to jonathan.lets call a spade a spade.stop being sentimental but objective

The chain of command goes as follows

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Senate President
4. Speaker of House
5. Deputy Senate President
6. Deputy Speaker of House

Yayale Ahmed as SGF is no where near in that list of 6.

However this is what you guys are confusing. Delegating Authority and next in line of Command.
Each time the President goes abroad expecially when he is on Government Business. He does not need to handover to anybody. He is still in charge, he just has to delegate executive authority but will still be consulted if there is need to take major decisions.

However if the President is indisposed or going on medical leave, then he has to handover to the next in line of command.

Jonathan Goodluck is still in charge and can perfectly delegate the cordination of affairs of State to Yayale Ahmed since he is the SGF. If there is need to represent the President somewhere in the country, the Ministers are immediately there.

But that is not to say any of these folks are next in line to the VP/Acting President. Next in the chain of command is David Mark not Yayale.
If Jonathan drops dead or incapacitated, David Mark takes over not Yayale.

But situation does not call for handover of power to next in line of command.
Though the practice of perpetual Acting Presidency is illegal. But there is nothing like because the Acting President must always handover power in other to pursue Government Business abroad then he must have an Acting Vice President. That makes no sense and has no place in the constitution.

hackney:

Won't this newbie Jonathan of a man sit down in Abuja and take care of domestic
issues?

Is the new trend presidential vacuum these days in nigeria?
In my opinion, what ever it is he is off to do can wait considering the situation of the government.

From the way nigerians get simple things wrong tells me clearly that the days when
older people were wiser are well and truly gone.

006:

Maybe you need someone to fire one mkponani before your brain will open to assimilate something so simple and straightforward.

A President or A. President does not hand over power to the next official in line of succession while on an official duty whether home or abroad no matter the duration provided he/she wasn't incapacitated during that period, but can delegate power to any minister in his/her administration.

The President or A. President remains the C-in-C, which is the most critical function of the office, anywhere in the world or even moon, if it becomes easily accessible, provided he/she is not incapacitated.

Beaf:

~Bluetooth:

stop whinning.you are only making up this assumption as the constitution didnt make provision for this for line of succession if the president is travelling out abroad.

006:

That's because the President remains the president even when he is abroad, provided he's not incapacitated, and does not need to hand over to anybody but can delegate specific authorities to any executive member of his administration as taken care of in s.5 of 1999 constitution.

However, when the president is on vacation, home or abroad, then s.145 takes precedence and the President must transmit a written declaration to both the SP and SHA; afterwards, the VP becomes the A.President for that duration

Don't be olodo, read!

you are trying to cover up jonathan's indiscretion.since the constitution did not stipulate line of temporary handover of power when the president is travelling out,jonathan should have handover to mark since he's the next person he would have handover to if he is going on vacation.just this morning,the polish president died in a plane crash,what if he hadnt properly handover to the next person to him in line of succession.you cant rule out any eventuality in government,therefore there should be proper line of succession.

~Bluetooth:

you are trying to cover up jonathan's indiscretion.since the constitution did not stipulate line of temporary handover of power when the president is travelling out,jonathan should have handover to mark since he's the next person he would have handover to if he is going on vacation.just this morning,the polish president died in a plane crash,what if he hadnt properly handover to the next person to him in line of succession.you cant rule out any eventuality in government,therefore there should be proper line of succession.

mikeansy:

Do you have any proof of the Polish President handing over to Sejm Marshall before boarding his flight?

Stop making things up when you have no clue about them.

~Bluetooth:

i only used the polish case as an example.God forbids.what if it was joanthan that was to involve in such,would you expect yayale to handover to david mark.as far as i am concern,there is vaccum in the corridor of power pending the arrival of jonathan