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Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:41am On Feb 18, 2015
It's live on NTA.
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by SuperSuave(m): 11:45am On Feb 18, 2015
Senators making a hell of noise like primary school kids *#smh

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Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by harrysterol(m): 11:48am On Feb 18, 2015
Make una update us we wey no get tv angry

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Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by temitemi1(m): 11:55am On Feb 18, 2015
He should clear mr president name of election postponement ooooo. GEJ till 2019!!!

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Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by Frankiss44(m): 11:57am On Feb 18, 2015
better tell them the truth... that inec was never ready from the onset to carry out the election.......security was just a safe landing for jega
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by disloman(m): 12:09pm On Feb 18, 2015
pls guys keep updating us.
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by warrior01: 12:12pm On Feb 18, 2015
GenBloodykilIer:
The only thing I understand now is
Gej till 2019
Na so broad
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by omenka(m): 12:15pm On Feb 18, 2015
OrlandoOwoh:
It's live on NTA.
Please you guys should keep the thread updated with quotes. Not close to a tv right now.

Thanks. smiley
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by Nobody: 12:20pm On Feb 18, 2015
The Prof has so far done justice to the importance of using Card Readers at the forthcoming polls. Its left for the "overfed good for nothing Senators" to support the motives behind the adoption of the system.
If GEJ sincerely believes in fighting corruption through technology, I strongly believe it starts now with the adoption of the Card Reading Machines to checkmate the electoral frauds.

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Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by OrlandoOwoh(m): 12:21pm On Feb 18, 2015
omenka:
Please you guys should keep the thread updated with quotes. Not close to a tv right now.

Thanks. smiley
There is power outage in my area.
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by makzeze: 12:21pm On Feb 18, 2015
Personal details


Born on 11 January 1957 (age 58)
Jega, Kebbi State, Nigeria


Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega is a Nigerian academic and Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano. On 8 June 2010 he was nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), subject to Senate confirmation, as a replacement for Professor Maurice Iwu, who vacated the post on 28 April 2010.[1]


Early life and academic career

Jega was born on 11 January 1957 in Jega, Kebbi State. He attended Sabon Gari Town Primary School, Jega between 1963 and 1969 and proceeded to Government Secondary School, Birnin Kebbi and then was admitted into The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria's Bayero University College, Kano in 1974, graduating in 1979 with a Second Class Upper Division BSc degree in Political Science. He worked as a teaching assistant at Bayero University, then won a fellowship at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in the United States (1981–1984) where he earned a PhD in Political Sciences. He returned to the Political Science Department in Bayero University in 1984 as a lecturer.[2]

Other appointments included visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos (March 1992 – March 1993), visiting Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden (1994), Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic), Bayero University (1995–1996) and director, Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Bayero University (2000–2004). Jega was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University in 2005.[2]

Political activity

Jega is a former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and was an opponent of the Babangida military government in the early 1990s. Politically leaning towards the left, as ASUU President he was closely associated with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and continued that connection throughout his career. On 29 April 2010 he was guest lecturer for the NLC May Day celebration where he presented a paper on 50 Years of Nationhood: Challenges of Good Democratic Governance, Credible Election and the Working Class.[3] He is widely seen as an astute intellectual with a strong sense of ethics and morality.[4]

Jega was appointed a member of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform Committee, which submitted a report on 11 December 2008 with recommendations that included establishing commissions to deal with Electoral Offences, Constituency Delimitation and Political Parties Registration and Regulation. The committee also recommended proportional representation and that the INEC head should be appointed by the judiciary rather than the President.[5]

INEC nomination

Jega's nomination as INEC chairman followed approval by a meeting of the National Council of State called by President Jonathan and attended by former heads of state Yakubu Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari. The Senate President David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Oladimeji Bankole, and most of the state Governors also attended the meeting. Unanimous approval by the council of the nominee for this critical appointment avoided controversy about whether or not the President should appoint the chairman of the INEC.[6] Reactions to the announcement from a broad spectrum of political leaders and organisations were positive, although some voiced concern that it could be too late to implement real reforms before the 2011 elections.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attahiru_Jega
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by korel9: 12:22pm On Feb 18, 2015
Here in Russia we don't watch NTA angry
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by makzeze: 12:24pm On Feb 18, 2015
korel9:
Here in Russia we don't watch NTA angry
http://www.nta.ng/live/
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by eemalex(m): 12:24pm On Feb 18, 2015
BOOKED

Queue at my back pls
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by olayincar(m): 12:26pm On Feb 18, 2015
Watch it too

Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by kazey123(m): 12:27pm On Feb 18, 2015
Please kindly update us cos we have no light here in my area.
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by okoloikenna(m): 12:28pm On Feb 18, 2015
deputy sen president asking JEGA certain questions
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by Blessedjyde: 12:46pm On Feb 18, 2015
Further update pls
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by Blessedjyde: 12:46pm On Feb 18, 2015
Further update please
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by vedaxcool(m): 12:50pm On Feb 18, 2015
GMB till gej gets a real Phd not poo hoo degree!
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by korel9: 1:03pm On Feb 18, 2015
makzeze:
http://www.nta.ng/live/
Guy you worry o! Na by force to watch am ni? grin
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by makzeze: 1:04pm On Feb 18, 2015
korel9:

Guy you worry o! Na by force to watch am ni? grin
sorry for offending you.
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by korel9: 1:47pm On Feb 18, 2015
makzeze:
sorry for offending you.

No vex na, I just dey pull your legs cheesy
Re: Jega Live In The Senate. Speaks On Election Postponement And Card Reader. by aboto49(m): 2:02pm On Feb 18, 2015
Ok oo, we dey watch

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