rebranded:

I got a feeling is replacement will be Ribadu, read somewhere today that the charges against Ribadu were dropped today, so makes sense to me thats what GJ as been waiting for.

chidichris:

i don't see anything breaking news about this.
jonathan shld be bold enough to give nigerians reason(s) for his action.
the idea of petting corrupt men out of office only turn back and compensate them with a different office the next day.
fools like iwu is supposed not to enjoy his godforsaken loots.
another question that comes to mind will be, WHO IS NEXT.
we must accept the fact that pdp is out in their criminalities to remain in power by all means.

chidichris:

i don't see anything breaking news about this.
jonathan shld be bold enough to give nigerians reason(s) for his action.
the idea of petting corrupt men out of office only turn back and compensate them with a different office the next day.
fools like iwu is supposed not to enjoy his godforsaken loots.
another question that comes to mind will be, WHO IS NEXT.
we must accept the fact that pdp is out in their criminalities to remain in power by all means.

slap1:

I will say what I've always said -- Maurice Iwu ain't our problem. The political class that hire thugs to snatch ballot boxes are the issue. Is he the first man to chair our electoral body?

metal-gong:

Bad decision . . .Bad news . . , .pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.!!!

Now that Iwu has been relieved of his job, lets wait and see the miracle worker who will perform better than him.

londoner:

This is good news. I have a feeling that there is some damaging information about to surface about this Iwu. Goodluck was talking more of allowing him to run out his tenure, I wonder why he decided to cut it short abruptly. I bet there is some heavy dirt about to come out on this guy. I wonder if its linked to that leader of the PDP.

Let this be just the beginning of the move forward for Nigeria, not just about individuals but institutional change.

mikeansy:

I have always argued that the system is the problem not just Maurice Iwu or whoever will be appointed INEC Chair.
I have also said it is also up to the acting President to decide.

Now that Jonathan has made his choice, goodluck to whoever is appointed next.

Lets support whoever is appointed next for the sake of the country. But reforms must go beyond changing the INEC head.

haronky7:

Just checking up Professor Iwu's biography,  and got the following:

[b]Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu was born on 21 April 1950 in Umuezeala, Umukabia, Ehime Mbano in Imo State. He attended St. Pius X College, Bodo-Ogoni for his secondary education. He studied at the University of Bradford, England, receiving a Master of Pharmacy degree in 1976 and a Ph.D in 1978. He was WHO Visiting Scholar to Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford (1980), Fulbright Senior Scholar, Ohio State University and won the U.S National Research International Prize for Ethonobiolology in 1999. He was a Professor of Pharmacognosy at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1984–1993).[1]

Entering business, Iwu became Vice-President, Research and Development of Tom's of Maine, a personal care manufacturing company, and member of the Board of Directors, Axxon Biopharm inc. He served on the Board of InterCEDD, Fund for integrated Rural Development and Traditional Medicine, and Center for Economic and Social Justice. He was the United Nation's Lead Consultant for the development of Nigeria's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Iwu has published more than 100 research articles and is the author of four books.[1]

Professor Iwu was President of the International Society of ethnobiology (1996–2002), member and ex-President of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy, Member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Member of the International Society for Medicinal Plant Research. He was the Executive Director, Bioresources Development and Conservation Program and a Senior Research Associate at the Division of Experimental Therapeutics of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington D.C.[/b]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Iwu

If a man of his intelligence and academic achievement could be so given an international recognition such that the West were asking for his removal (I didnt mention he was corrupt here though), and some of you were asking for the EFCC to pick him up, then where lies the hope of Nigeria?

So this corruption cankerworm goes beyond being educated abroad, goes beyond intelligence, race, religion, tribe, social status and everything you can think of, and is unfortunately endemic in Nigeria

We are desperately in need of a cure!

Sky Blue:

Hitler was also educated. Sometimes people mistake education for integrity, and you might be in danger of doing such. I can't personally say whether Iwu was corrupt or not and to be honest if it turns out he wasn't I would not be shocked, he just couldn't seem to deliver.

haronky7:

@Sky Blue

Hitlers education cannot in any be compared to a world acclaimed Professor with a pronounced international touch; Hitler was a soldier and we know what it takes to be one back then

As much as I agree with you that education is different from integrity, then if those who are intelligent got simple arithmetic wrong why blame the likes of Bakin Zuwo?