desiredhome:

The reason they call it Christian School is to teach/build values into the children and make a difference, but the opposite is what is seeing here......no need defending evil, this is the reason there are crimes all over the place

Churches are meant to reflect Christ, yet monsters are in church. My opinion is not a defence but a reality check. We need mechanism, internal and external, to check our schools.

Reality check, trash like rhis happen in most schools. The fact that they go unexposed doesn't mean they are immune. The fact that it is a school owned by a religious organization doesn't mean that angels school there. Just like any other gathering, you will find good, bad and ugly people in almost every church (exvept we choose to pretend). Our resentment towards a sect should not necessarily be because they share different views but rather a condemnation of what is wrong.

attackgat:


Restructuring is also not in the 1999 constitution, so why do you think some people clamour for it?

The constitution is not greater than the people, if the government and the political class of Nigeria decide that a referendum should be held, it will be.

And who says government cares about the clamour? As long as the National Assembly do not accommodate referendum via constitutional amendment restructuring and other agitation will be a futile effort a waste of energy.
And who are the people? IPOB? Joke of the century! You guys should better find better ways to dissipate your energy.

Days after Houston Flood, Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc in the Caribbean

abelprice:
Fear fear... Dats how dey betrayed ojukwu and now dey are betraying themselves.. its obvious kanu is next... ...

Abeg no be fear, they are presently benefiting from the system. How will they go against it? I bet most of us will do the same if in their shoes.

attackgat:


Referendum was conducted in 1961 to allow the British Cameroons, who were too small to be a country, to decide what they wanted. North British Cameroons voted to be part of Nigeria while the South voted to join Republic of Cameroon.

In 1963, there was another referendum where a disputed part of the Western Region who were not Yoruba decided they wanted their own separate Region. Over 80% voted to be separated from the Western Region and the new Region became known as the Midwest Region. After the war, this Midwest Region was called Bendel state and in the early 90's, it was further divided into Edo and Delta state.

Referendum is not new to Nigeria.

My point exactly. Not under the 1999 constitution. As far as the 1999 constitution as amended is concerned, the word referendum, though laudable, is a dead end

The South-East Governors’ Forum has described a report that it accused the Federal Government of killing members of Indigenous People Of Biafra members as a ’’tissue of lie from the pit of hell’’.
The Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uzor, further described the report as a figment of the imagination of the writer.
He said the report was intended to embarrass the forum and bring confusion between the governors and Federal Government to thwart the peace processes initiated with IPOB.
“The originators of the falsehood are trying to sabotage the process of moving the zone forward and achieve lasting peace in it,” Umahi said.
He noted that although it was the forum’s responsibility to protect the people’s lives and property, including IPOB members, it should not be linked to politics.
“The writer and his paymasters, failed to appreciate the peace agreements reached between the governors’ forum and leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, during its last meeting in Enugu.
“The forum, therefore, wishes to assure the public that the communiqué raised during its last meeting with IPOB leadership still stands and anybody circulating any contrary report is Ndigbo’s real enemy.
“Such reports should, therefore, be disregarded as there was no such meeting against the Federal Government by the forum,” he said.
Umahi noted that he was quoted as issuing the statement at a time he was outside the country on an investment drive for the development of his state.
“The forum is working in synergy with the Federal Government and other federating units towards economic and regional
integration and development of the south-east region,” he said.
The governor urged members of the public to disregard every attempt by amorphous groups to instigate crisis between the zone and the Federal Government.

http://punchng.com/south-east-govs-deny-accusing-fg-of-killing-ipob-members/

Nigeria is among the top three countries globally to get low-quality research published in ‘predatory’ journals, a research has shown.
A 12-month investigation by a team of researchers led by Dr. David Moher from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada, found that Nigeria contributed five percent of the scientific studies in bogus publications behind India (27 percent), the US (15 percent).
Iran and Japan, which contributed four percent each, were pegged at fourth and fifth respectively.
The investigation, published in the journal Nature, also showed that majority of papers in suspected biomedical predatory journals (57 per cent) are from high or upper middle-income countries, with many coming from prestigious institutions including the Harvard University in the US.
Largely unknown a decade ago, there are now an estimated 8,000 predatory journals collectively publishing more than 400,000 research studies each year.
These journals offer to quickly publish research findings, typically at a lower cost than legitimate journals but do not provide quality controls such as peer-review.
Predatory journals are also difficult to search, meaning that health-care providers and researchers can rarely learn from the data in these journals.
The journals were randomly selected from well-known but controversial lists compiled by University of Colorado librarian Jeffrey Beall.
The US National Institutes of Health was the most frequent funder mentioned among the very few articles that credited one.
“Our research debunks the common belief that predatory journals are only a problem in low-income countries,” said David Moher, a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital and associate professor at the University of Ottawa.
“Predatory journals publish research from scientists around the world, including those based at prestigious high-income institutions.”

http://punchng.com/nigeria-third-contributor-of-research-in-bogus-journals-study/

secondincommand:
This Man is my hero.......... This is a Man that knw what he is doing, what he want how i wish others will learn from him.

Ojukwu will beg to differ. When water pass garri, even the great Odumegwu Ojukwu run go exile. It is interesting how prominent Igbo people are against Kanu's purported leadership.

secondincommand:
This Man is my hero.......... This is a Man that knw what he is doing, what he want how i wish others will learn from him.

Ojukwu will beg to differ. When water pass garri, even the great Odumegwu Ojukwu run go exile. Small boy Kalu forming badoo.

Cyynthia:

The way the didn't give a bleep about S Sudan after so much awareness abi ?.
Hope you know that Bruntai, Obiano and the rest are facing charges today about this Ipob of a thing ?

Where are they being prosecuted?

attackgat:


Referendum might be alien to the Nigerian constitution but it is not alien to Nigeria

Referendum has been conducted twice in Nigeria

when? and under whose government?

slurity1:
where there is no elders failure is eminent

Na elders wey get sense o. Clark? Far from it.

evy4ch:
kanu is simply calling for REFERADOM, Ido not know where calling for referandom has changend to calling for war.it is only in africa that it is a taboo for peaceful calling for self determination

The concept of referendum is alien to the Nigerian constitution and the earlier we recognize that the better. We should rather intensify pressure on the National Assembly to sponsor and pass a bill recognizing referendum. While I don't support political restructuring, I think we seriously need Fiscal restructuring and true federalism.

It has been a roller-coaster year of African news, from the historic elections in Nigeria to the momentous visits of the Pope and the US president.

To sum up the last 12 months, here are some of the best quotes:
1. "I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody"
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on the day of his historic inauguration in May

2. "We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices.
"To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens"
President Buhari said four months later on Nigeria's independence day

3. "The time for vision has come. I request our South African government to help us clean our land of lice. We need to remove all itching bedbugs and lay them bare in the sun.
"We request that all foreigners should take their baggage and be sent back"
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who denied that his comments in March fuelled xenophobic violence

4. "If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn't have taken it. Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after the name of this lion."
US dentist Walter Palmer, who killed Zimbabwe's famous Cecil the lion in July

5. "Dear white people in the fashion world!... Why do I have to bring my own make-up to a professional show when all the other white girls don't have to do anything but show up.
"Don't try to make me feel bad because I am blue-black - it's 2015"
South Sudanese model Nykhor Paul, who got more than 20,000 likes on Instagram after she posted the comment in July

6. "I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don't think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn't fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead-goat syndrome"
Ghana's President John MahamaImage copyrightAP
Ghana's President John Mahama, being dismissive in March of the protests against his government. The quote has earned him the nickname "The Goat"

7. "This is surreal for me, I'm not going to lie, growing up in the dusty streets of South Africa, I never dreamed that I would one day have two things really: An indoor toilet and a job as host of the Daily Show.
"And now I have both, and I'm quite comfortable with one of them"
South African comedian Trevor Noah as he made his debut hosting Comedy Central's satirical news show in September

8. "I've just concluded - since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people and enjoys an attractive countenance - thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington DC, get down on my knee and ask his hand"
Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, mocking a US Supreme Court decision in June to legalise gay marriage

9. "I love my work. But under our constitution, I cannot run again... I actually think I'm a pretty good president - I think if I ran I could win. But I can't.
"When a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife - as we've seen in Burundi. Nobody should be president for life"
US President Barack Obama on his visit to Ethiopia in July

10. "We are going to create a special wheelchair for President Mugabe until he rules to 100 years because that is what we want. That is the people's choice. We want a leader that respects us"
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe in November, after her 91-year-old husband was caught on camera struggling to walk

11. "The way to treat a boil is to squeeze it out, and I have made it my responsibility to do that. I know squeezing out a boil hurts but unfortunately there are no two ways about it"
Tanzania's newly elected President John Magufuli, telling parliament in November about his drive to root out corruption and lazy workers
Tanzania's 'Bulldozer' president

12. "I organised a meeting in 2005 to solve our family issues. When I asked them about their opinion, they said I should build each family member a house and give each of them a monthly wage... I just want other African families to learn from this"
Togo football star Emmanuel Adebayor, denying in a Facebook post in May claims that he failed to support his family financially

13. "Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters.
"Together, we must say no to hatred, no to revenge and no to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself. God is peace, God salaam."
Pope Francis on his visit to a mosque in the Central African Republic in November

14. "Relaxing your hair was a rite of passage. My hair suffered a lot with those chemicals and I cut it all off and my hair grew and I realised it wasn't that bad after all"
Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o told the BBC

15. "A court is the guardian of justice, the cornerstone of a democratic system based on the rule of law. If the state  does not abide by court orders, the democratic edifice will crumble stone-by-stone until it collapses and chaos ensues"
Judge Dunstan Mlambo, who criticized the South African government for letting Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir leave the country in June despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant

16. "It's not about unmasking Anas. It's about all of us putting our hands together and ensuring we have a better continent. I think that anonymity has always been my secret weapon and I have always used it to the benefit of society"
Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose documentary this year exposed corruption in Ghana's judiciary

Bros get a grip, Local government employees aren't under the payroll of the state government. You had better ask Victor Enobakhare.

gp6liveth:
Ask Oshomolo how many months is he owing Egor local govt. Though our governors must pay this minimum wage but its ideal we end subsidy payment so we can survive scarcity in the long run as a result of dd and as.

Abeg forget Igbins. The same Igbins that swindled and grab all the land available in Okada. Where were those hungry red donning IYAS when Igins dey drag land with His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin.

Chubhie:
It has always been personal for osho since he joined APC. This also serves his personal interest since he has lost public sympathy,Igbins breathing down his neck and the IYAS donning red attires to register his case with the gods he is left with no choice than to be of his best behaviour from hence forth.

It is funny how people reduce nairaland to a platform for raining curses and hurling abuses at each other. This medium should be for matured minds who must not necessarily share the same opinion, passion or ideology but are open-minded to listen to others and argue logically without character assassination or name calling. Word of advice, "If you aren't matured to listen to conflicting views, sit at home and play away your time. You must not comment here".

It is funny how people reduce nairaland to a platform for raining curses and hurling abuses at each other. This medium should be for matured minds who must not necessarily share the same opinion, passion or ideology but are open-minded to listen to others and argue logically without character assassination or name calling. Word of advice, "If you aren't matured to listen to conflicting views, sit at home pinging friends".

Akpan107:
Owerri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said he would ensure that the Naira was equal to the dollar in value, if voted into office. Buhari stated this during the South-East presidential rally of the party at Dan
Anyima Stadium, Owerri. “It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar; this does not speak well for the nation’s
economy,’’ he said. He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected. Earlier, Gov Rochas Okorocha had urged APC supporters to vote for the party’s candidates at all levels, noting that a vote for Buhari without support to others at the state would amount to nothing. Okorocha said Buhari would address the problem of electricity, bring back the kidnapped Chibok girls and promote industrial growth. He said that Buhari was loved by the people in the region and urged them to elect him and other APC candidates during the March 28 and April 11 general elections. Former governor of Anambra, Mr Chinwoke Mbadinuju and former Minister of Education, Chinwe Obaji, were formally welcomed to the APC at the rally. The rally was attended by APC supporters from Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu and Imo. (NAN)

Apologies to this NAN correspondent, but i can see any direct quote by the President elect as to making the naira equivalent to a dollar. All I see is a quote of him expressing reservations on the situation of the Nigerian currency. Howbeit, only a gullible man will take such a promise serious, that is if the president elect did make such claim.

I think Nigerians must accept the fact that our economy would be a huge set back for Buhari. I do not envy him as is assumption of office comes at a dire time. However, we do need courageous and goal driven individuals to turn things around, not a committee setting government or a proud and evasive minister of economy. Hopefully, the National Assembly will complement the efforts of Buhari. But, with all this downtown, it will take focus and resilience to get things right.

Good way to go. My anger as ever is seeing a legislative house become a rubber stamp of an executive. Once in a while there should be mild conflicts between the Executive and Legislature. The case where all the lawmakers in states are from the ruling parties only leave us prone to EXECUTIVE RASCALITY

boolet:
How much is the bride price? Maybe you should go to court.

Best advice. Can't recall any instance or tradition where bride price is ever refunded. When the lady left after five years did she leave as young and "intact" as she came into his life? And why was she bent on leaving, was Emenike another womanizer, has she suddenly realize that he can't father a child, was she gradually becoming a bread winner while Emenike laze around? There is more to the story than said. However, it's advisable that Emenike leaves the 20k and move on.

The Independent National Electoral Commission Collation Officer in Uruefong Oruko, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Emmanuel Akpan, said the results of the elections in the area were recorded under serious threat and beatings.

Akpan said this in INEC office in Uyo on Sunday when he was called upon by the panel to announce the breakdown of the results in the area.

“The election results were recorded under serious threat and beatings,” he said.

Akpan, with swelling eyes and face because of the beatings and bruises, was asked out of the seat till a later time.

All attempts to speak to Akpan failed as the security personnel cordoned him from the reach our correspondent.

http://www.punchng.com/news/results-recorded-under-serious-threat-collation-officer/

kosovo:
It was expected.. After Oshiomole gave out 2 million naira to each ward..

He was scared of being impeached... PDP weren't interested in the election. The plan is this, once PDP win the governorship election next year. All these house of Assembly members will decamp to PDP.

Edo is PDP and PDP is Edo..

I doubt if the Edo State House of Assembly lawmakers will be so gullible as to leave a ruling party both at the state and federal level for an opposition with only three members from Chief Tony Anenih's territory. More importantly, Oshiomhole has broken the jinx of the PDP in Edo state and with the decamping of PDP stalwarts like a former governorship flagbearer of the PDP, Charles Arhiarhe, former governor, Osunbor, business magnate, Captain Osha, and yet to be announced Rice Man to the APC, only Esan Land will be left to the PDP. Mind you, Pastor Ize Iyamu and Chief Dan Orbih will only continue to make noice, we already know the sort of opposition PDP is.

Noloss:

Wow! D 2seat is from omisore side I guess

The seats must be from Ife. Ife has always been a stronghold for the PDP. But I wonder what two dissenting voice would do in the House when the 'Ayes' are having it and the 'Nays'are chuckling. I'm sure they will decamp because no one will give them small thing, e get why.

Oshiomhole concentrated his efforts on the House of Assembly poll knowing fully well that a PDP controlled House will truncate his developmental strides as he may get impeached before the end of his tenure.
As for Hon Samson Osagie, he eventually lost out to Pharmacist Urhohide of the PDP. He couldn't muscle enough strength to upturn the about 27,000 deficit votes he had in Orhiomwon Local Government.

So some political parties who can't even field a presidential candidate want a shift of election date. No one, not even Mr President can shift the dooms day. MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN, your days are numbered Mr Presido

REVELATIONS by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda on the stoning of President Goodluck Jonathan in the state during a campaign rally was said to have shocked the Presidency and the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Yuguda, in an interview with the BBC Hausa service, said that the stoning and the attack on the President were carried out by members of the ruling PDP.

Before now, the Presidency and the ruling party had accused the opposition All Progressives Congress of being the mastermind of the attack.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Alkali, and the PDP Presidential Campaign Office, however insisted that the attack was carried out by the APC.

But Yuguda, a member of the National Executive Committee of the PDP, insisted that those who organised the youths that threw stones and pelted the President with sachet water, were members of the party from Abuja.

The governor said, “I am sure and let the world know that the people who did this thing were PDP members and those politicians in Abuja were the ones behind it; they were not APC members.

“They found these youths on the road and gave them brooms and satchets of water and they instructed them that when the President was passing they should raise the brooms and throw the satchets of water at him.

“They did that so that the President would think that Isa Yuguda is against him. They have been telling him in Abuja that we are not supporting him. They did that to show the President that Isa Yuguda is nothing in Bauchi, to show that despite being an indigene of Bauchi, Isa Yuguda could not be respected with his guests in Bauchi.”

Yuguda also said that he and members of his cabinet were not aware of the plan ahead of the rally, saying they were taken by surprise.

Reacting to the governor’s statement, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Jalo, said that only the governor was in a position to clarify his statement on the matter.

Jalo said, “How can my party be organising stoning? Anyway, Yuguda has spoken on the issue. He should be the one to clarify his position on the matter.

“I was in Bauchi that day and I saw what happened. The governor said it was done by PDP members. Ask him to speak further on it.”

However, a presidency source described the governor’s statement as unfortunate.

“How can he speak like that? We have condemned it; the party has condemned it and now, he’s blaming the party for this. That’s bad,” a presidential aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak officially on the matter, told our correspondent.

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said he was happy that Yuguda was able to summon the courage to clarify what happened in the state.

Mohammed said, “Governor Yuguda’s interview has vindicated the APC and confirmed our position that the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan will stop at nothing to scuttle this election.

“It is sad that in their desperation PDP and Jonathan are ready to bring down the nation.

“Thanks to Governor Yuguda. The whole world now sees the hypocrisy and perfidy of President Jonathan and the PDP.

“In Jos, Kano, Bauchi, Rivers and other states we have witnessed electoral violence, PDP are the instigators and aggressors.”

But the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP presidential campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, warned the APC on Sunday to stop blaming the ruling party for the attacks on the President.Source:punchng.com

Members of the National Assembly on Friday kicked against the call by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), that the February 14 general elections should be shifted to give the Independent National Electoral Commission time to distribute over 30 million outstanding permanent voter cards.

The lawmakers said the postponement of the elections would lead the country to constitutional crisis.

The House of Representatives spokesperson, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, said the House would not back any proposal to shift the polls.

He said, “The call for postponement of the elections is a decoy for third term agenda and as a House of the Nigerian people, we will resist it.

“There is nowhere in the world where 100 per cent of registered voters must vote in an election.

“It will be a breach of the constitution to postpone the polls by whatever guise. This is a ploy and we know where it is coming from.”

Deputy House Majority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, also said postponing the elections would not serve the interest of the country.

Ogor said if insufficient PVCs was the major reason Dasuki cited for the call for the postponement of the elections, INEC should admit those with temporary voter cards to vote in line with a resolution recently passed by the House.

He said, “INEC should speak up and tell us the way forward instead of keeping Nigerians in suspense.

“Let voters use TVCs and PVCs in line with the position already taken by the House. No eligible voter should be disenfranchised.”

The House Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, also described the call for postponement of the polls as a trap for third term agenda.

Gbajabiamila had moved the motion asking INEC to allow the use of TVCs since it was apparent that many voters might not get the PVCs before February 14.

He said shifting the polls was a ploy for third term agenda which he warned would be resisted by Nigerians.

“The NSA has no role to play in the distribution of PVCs,” Gbajabiamila said.

The same sentiments were shared in the Senate, where senators asked INEC to go ahead with the poll.

The Senator representing Oyo South, Olufemi Lanlehin, said non-distribution of the outstanding PVCs was not enough reason to call for the elections postponement.

He said, “It is true that INEC has not performed up to the task concerning PVCs distribution. The situation affects all and sundry; it affects political parties and every geo-political zone. So, it is not as if it is only one particular region or group that is affected.

“The election should not be postponed for whatever reason. Since the issuance of PVC affects region, the result of the election will not affect any part of the country adversely than others. No part of the country would have advantage above another. So, the call for the postponement is unacceptable based on the reasons given.”

Similarly, the Senator representing Plateau South, Victor Lar, said the elections should be conducted because the number of registered voters is substantial.

He said, “The issue of elections is a constitutional provision. The constitution has clearly stipulated that at least not more than 90 days to the expiration of the tenure. So, the February 14 elections should be conducted.

“We must also realise that the issue of security is a serious matter. The number of registered voters is substantial. It is for the National Assembly to decide either to suspend the elections or not.”

Also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, asked Nigerians to reject attempts to postpone the polls.

Saraki, who spoke at a campaign rally in Fufu, the headquarters of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, asked lovers of democracy to prevail on the Federal Government that the elections were held as scheduled.

In the same vein, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties has stated that the reason adduced by the NSA to call for the elections postponement was puerile and dummy meant to deceive the international community as well as portray Nigeria in bad light.

In a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, the CNPP said over 60 per cent PVCs had been collected nationwide by anxious Nigerians yearning to participate in the February 14 polls.

The statement read, “CNPP is worried that NSA has joined some anti-democrats to plant land mines to scuttle our Nigeria’s fledgling democracy.

“Dasuki’s statement clearly exposed his gross incompetence in his primary mandate to secure the country; hence the Boko Haram insurgents escalated since his appointment on 22nd June, 2012.”

The Buhari Support Organisation also agreed that the consequence of the postponement of the polls could be disastrous.

The group said in Abuja on Friday that the shift would be tantamount to rigging.

The Head, (Media, Information Management and ICT) in BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, who spoke at a press briefing entitled: “February 14: A date with History”, appealed to the international community to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan to abide with the Abuja Accord sponsored by two world reputable men of peace: former United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan and former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr. Emeka Anyaoku.

He said, “It is expected that the NSA should be conversant with the security implications of his call that the elections should be postponed.

“We condemn such provocative and crisis-prone statement from such a top government official.”

However, INEC on Friday foreclosed shifting the polls.

The electoral body said February 14 remains a valid date for the presidential election irrespective of the challenges confronting it.

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said at a workshop on “Mitigation of violence in election” in Abuja that at no time had the commission sat down to review the date of the election in spite of the challenges confronting the PVCs distribution.

He recalled that the commission released the timetable for the poll about a year ago and has been vigorously working to abide by the date.

Responding to the NSA’s call for the postponement of the elections, Jega said, “I don’t want to comment on this. Like everybody we read it in the papers.

“In any case whatever I communicate is the INEC’s position and the commission has not discussed this matter and taken a position on it.”

Jega reiterated the INEC’s position that the elections would be conducted with only the PVCs which he said had been tested and proved to be valid.

He added that the PVCs would be distributed till February 13.

“Therefore, anyone calling for the use of the temporary voter cards in the February elections is only drawing us back,” he said.

Jega, however identified the Federal Capital Territory, Edo, Rivers, Bauchi, Plateau and Imo states as places prone to violence on the ground of the outcome of the primaries conducted in the state.