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He explained the difference between actual voting and accreditation, saying electronic devices such as card reader was only unconstitutional in respect of actual voting, defined as casting of ballot and dropping it in the ballot box.

Card reader unconstitutional? How come everything about this country is archaic and backward?

shaqhead:
#modified
Yes and No
No: It wl b absolute foolishness for any party to want to perpetrate that because as JEGA said result frm such polling unit wl be cancelled..i.e wen d voted cast exceeds the accredited votes.Who looses den?

Yes: In a case where d number that turned out for accreditatn is more than the number that later turned up to vote...some unscruplous party agents in cahoot wt inec staff myt attempt to make up for d deficit in voter number by "puting" no longer "stuffing" the ballot box but in my opinion such numbers wont b so much as to affect d whole credibility of d election.

Thanks. For the 2nd scenario to happen, it will take everyone in that polling station to be compromise.

jaybee3:
Yes..
They had still be able to stuff extra 100 in If they verify/authenticate 400 and only 300 stayed behind to complete the voting process.

This where party agents and vigilant Nigerians come in.

shaqhead:
We not e-voting per se but the card readers is used to checkmate d incidence inflating d acccredited voter number wc in turn leads to increase in d voter number! So if 50 people are accredited using d machine, wc cannot be tempered wt by d adhoc staff, therefore only 50 people or less will vote. Anything outside this, magomago dy oo

Hmmmm, so there can still be cases of multiple voting?

legendsilver:
I must say that Jega has really made me happy with the way he trashed questions thrown at him from some PDP gullible senators.



Indeed, this man has a PHD and can prove it to the world. The way he answer questions differs from the "Goat and Yam" thesis of some other persons

indeed, the difference is clear. I don't mean to sound like a bigot but this northerners I've seen in powerful positions are intelligent.

Arabambi1:
he is answering question on whether voting & accreditation can take place at the same time. He said even though it is inconvenient for people, it helps in reducing multiple voting where people vote in one polling unit & leave for another. I quite agree

I thought he said with the card reader multiple voting will not be possible.

Seun:
Thread unstickied. Ngwakwe has some explaining to do.

Okay. But what's the prerequisite?

adebisicutie:
See them behaving like unruly children, are these the so called senators chai

Jega is making a lot of sense. Each card reader will be configured to a polling unit meaning if u take a card to a polling unit that is not yours the card reader will reject it, that will prevent multiple voting

If this is allow politicians from all divides are finish especially those representing my constituency. This will reconfirm that power belongs to the people.

juman:
All what you stated above are part of outcome of a destroyed part. Of course jonathan has his own blames. Jonathan has illiterate as a wife, a wife that he cannot control that also contributed to the party division.

You should remember that most of those left the party were those governors that were against jonathan second term, even as pdp members.

Is Ameachi part of them? How many people among those that left contested for the post of President? The crisis could have been well managed by a leader with foresight.

Guy, wetin na...... Please do let it go. You have made your decision, there's no need for apologies. Mod, do your job.

juman:
It was obasanjo that laid the foundation of destruction of pdp.

PDP was started by serious minded nigerians that fought against military rule and were eager for democracy. Obasanjo hijacked the party from them derailed the party and destroyed nigerian more because he had little interest on developing the country.

Jonathan came just managing to survive in a destroyed party

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Is it under Obasanjo watch that 5 Governors decamped to another party? Is it under Obasanjo watch PDP was christianize? Is it under his watch PDP was tribalise?

He added, “What I am saying is that all of us have parents. When we were born, they pepped us, gave us their love, gave us everything. By the time they get old, naturally, there is what they call role reversal. We became the parents and they became the children. So, what is wrong if our parents begin to manifest those signs of old age?”

Is he indirectly saying Baba is senile? It took a prodigal president to destroy a party of 16 years. It's understandable why Obasanjo is hurt.

Later someone will come out to tell us Nairaland is a balance website. Seun what's the prerequisite for making a thread sticky? Is it on payment basis?

They are right..... Nothing but the truth.

Omoruyi in his book, ‘The tale of June 12,’ said "the Interim National Government idea was a contrivance, a child of necessity, no one had a blue-print on how it would be constituted and structured and how it could meet the various contending issues of the day. But the president initially bought the idea and turned it over to me to work on to achieve his three-pronged strategy of survival, exit and safety."

The ING turned out to be a fiasco paving way for the further perpetuation of military rule as the late General Sani Abacha sent it packing in a palace coup.

But this was under a military rule where anything goes and government is by military fiat.

The picture now is different, Nigeria operates a constitutional democracy currently and every thing that happens in the polity especially as per governance has to conform with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution.

And in that Constitution there is no provision for ING, so it is alien to the constitution. So ING by the nations constitution is illegal

It was illegal then and it's still illegal for anyone to subvert the constitution for their selfish reason. Please tell your dear President that election must hold.

Kicking Jonathan back to Otuoke is a task that must be achieve.

I got these feelers straight to my face. People came to me and said they would vote for Agbaje but they will not vote for Jonathan because he had done nothing for us here.

The more Bode George continue defending rubbish the less chance Agbaje have at the poll. The more Jonathan behave lawless the higher their disgrace.

How come the judgement is so fast? This is Oluwole judgment.

Later someone will tell us is propangada from the opposition ...... Are we not seeing propangada becoming reality.

It is said that whoever is to come to equity must come with clean hand

This is misapplication of quote. Applying this quote means we should all keep quiet........ We shouldn't bother criticising Jonathan. Majority of those who criticise Obasanjo during his government are the Yorubas.

Obasanjo is doing his job, it's left for Jonathan to listen to him or not.

Noisemaker.

Have PDP change their speech writer? First time Metuh will signed a press release that made sense and doesn't come across as insultive.

Seriously?

Henceforth, I shall be critical of the APC and all those big wigs that goes about with broom shouting #Change when their own house is on fire. My criticism will no longer be one sided any longer. He that is to come to equity must come with clean hands. I will support publicly good policies of Jonathan's administration and criticise when necessary. Ditto APC

Warning shot...... Nairaland will literally be bloody. Barcanista now that you're formally a Tanist, I hope you will raise the level of politically discourse. Please let us all leave the personal insults.....

Whether PDP oppose or not, the party can only rig where they're popular.

sincerenigerian:
Obasanjo has the facts in front of him and he has shared it with few others. Nigeria is expected to be hot for Jonathan for the next five weeks.

I hope Nigerians are on the alert. This is critical moment for this country.

A source close to former President Olusegun Obasanjo told SaharaReporters that the incumbent president’s machination to thwart elections was the provocation for a recent intensification of verbal warfare between Mr. Jonathan and ex-President Obasanjo. The latter has publicly accused Mr. Jonathan of plotting to stymie election now scheduled for March 28, the same way former President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire caused a political crisis in his country after loosing an election, bringing his country close to a civil war.

I know it's unusual for Obasanjo to be screaming at the top of his voice.

dein77:
OBJ should quit playing god. He hardly does anything that's not designed for his ego.

His recent attacks on GEJ were repugnant, evil and selfish. He never allowed anyone the luxury to publicly attack his administration.

He should allow GEJ to do his job. Abeg!

Obasanjo is doing his job...... Tell your President that election must hold for the sake of this country.

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Jonathan case is likened to a dog that will get lost due to his refusal to listened to the hunter. Obasanjo have seen wide and far........ He's not Jonathan's enemy. Obasanjo is not a talkative but he has turned to one lately...... he has been screaming like a mad man and I know posterity will judge him fairly for this. OP tell your dear President to heed the warning.

You guys are really trying so hard to muddle the water. Stealing and corruption are punishable under the our constitution so close to six years that he have been the president, what has he done about stealing talk less of corruption? Is he a judge? Jonathan desecrate the office of the president by differentiating two wrongs. Is that the reason he was elected? We are definitely sending him back Otuoke

Babacele:
he knows he is spending some nice time in jail very soon. Why won't this uncultured rogue tell the weak president to rig,asassinate or cause war to cover up their atrocities? but God go shock una!

All his foolish bragging has to come to an end..... Eyaaaaaah. The shocking have started.