The Federal Government on Wednesday
changed its mind on the earlier plan for
President Goodluck Jonathan to formally hand-
over power to the President-elect, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari on May 28 as against the
May 29 Democracy Day.
Minister of Information, Senator Patricia
Akwashiki, had last week said Jonathan
intended to have the formal handing over done
on May 28 so that the administration can
reserve May 29 for the incoming government.
That announcement triggered controversy with
some arguing that the plan would lead to a
vacuum in the leadership of the country till when
Buhari is inaugurated 24 hours after the handing
over.
But while briefing State House correspondents
at the end of the weekly Federal Executive
Council (FEC) meeting presided over by
President Jonathan on Wednesday, Akwashiki
retracted her earlier disclosure, Punch reports.
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The minister, who said the meeting again
centred on the transition programme, denied
ever telling reporters that the President would
hand-over to the President-elect on May 28.
She claimed that what she said was that the
process of preparing handover notes would be
completed by May 28.
She explained that Jonathan will not hand over
power until May 29.
She said, “In the council today, the discussion
was still centred on transition.
“I have to make a little clarification because
some people thought I said May 28 will be
handover date. I never said that.
“I said May 28 will be the last day that we will
have our handing over briefs by ministries and
parastatals. I said from the 28th of this month to
that date has been given to departments and
ministries to submit their hand over notes.
“I remember somebody asked if there will be no
vacuum if there is handover on May 28 and I
replied that there will be no handing over on May
28.
“Handing over and inauguration will hold on May
29. The President is not handing over power on
May 28, he is handing over power on May 29.
“We have started the transition and it is ongoing.
We are submitting our handover notes to the
Office of the SGF.
“The President is still the President until May 29
when Gen. Buhari takes his oath of office and
resumes as the President of the Federal
Republic.”
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When asked to disclose the reason behind the
Tuesday sacking of Mr. Suleiman Abba as the
Inspector-General of Police, Akwashiki said she
had no explanation to make because the
President had the right to appoint and fire his
appointees.
“I think it is within the President’s power to
appoint and sack and he did what he had to do,”
she said.
Akwashiki last week said that, President
Jonathan will hand over to General Buhari at a
dinner on the eve of the May 29 Democracy Day www.naij.com/426023-just-in-fg-reverts-on-handover-date.html

Nice one

Deceitful and confused GEJ that cannot keep to one story! Flipflopping like a flip-flop!

Why the hurry in the first place?

If dis is a joke I think mod shd better move it to joke section before it cos some pple High blood pressure abeg.