₦airaland Forum

The lawmakers of the House of Representatives vowed to prevent the sacking of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head, Attahiru Jega.



After Jega’s announcement of the elections postponement on February 7, rumours started circulating that the federal government were plotting to remove Jega from his current position. It was alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan was no longer comfortable with the INEC boss.



It is also understood that Jonathan was not happy with Jega’s post-announcement speech, feeling that the speech had negatively affected the credibility of the presidency and of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).



According to The Paradigm, the Representatives had, however, vowed to stop any such move by the presidency.



Speaking on February 9 on the issue, the House spokesman, Hon Zakari Muhammed, said:



“When we resume, we’ll look at the decision of INEC to postpone the elections and against any plan to send Jega on a terminal leave.



“Of course, that cannot happen. We will take a farreaching decision for the good of the country.”



Officially, Jega’s tenure expires on June 13. The rumoured plan is to remove him from the position before the elections, scheduled for March 28 and April 11.

http://www.mangrovereporters.com/index.php/general-news/politics/item/7324-house-of-reps-vows-to-protect-jega-from-sack

jeg nd 9ja part one

babs01:
jeg nd 9ja part one

lol

Part 2

for the first time our lawmakers are waking up...

Am not suprise at their statement..., since the speaker is APC. There must be a connection between Jega and APC. APC first fight over Date shifting but they failed, now they are fighting over Jega's terminal leave which I believe they will still fail. That party called APC is just like a fake gold. They appear good in the people's eyes while they are something else inside.

the nothing the HOR can do about Jega.He has finished his tenure and is to proceed on his ternmination leave.The is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it

nuelsylves:
Am not suprise at their statement..., since the speaker is APC. There must be a connection between Jega and APC. APC first fight over Date shifting but they failed, now they are fighting over Jega's terminal leave which I believe they will still fail. That party called APC is just like a fake gold. They appear good in the people's eyes while they are something else inside.

so your plan is to remove the umpire and put a pdp puppet ba? was he not the one who over saw mr otuoke's electoral victory in 2011?

all of a sudden u want him sacked so u can put a favourable referee...shame on all of u

So PdP Abd Mr. GEJ know that they can't win a free and fair election?? so they have to remove Jega... Transformation indeed

Same way they protected Sanusi

These house has not help this country in any way other than continue sucking the nation dry.
One always hears their comments when what won't favour them crops up.
They set to dry up this nation at all cost... Nemesis will visit you all that has trouble this country one way or another.

Is that a credible source?

phemmyutd:
So PdP Abd Mr. GEJ know that they can't win a free and fair election?? so they have to remove Jega... Transformation indeed

no mind dem...transformation indeed

They better pass the PIB sleeping on their table for months now.


The three arms of govt are Nigeria's problem

I've told them before and I will tell then again.

This election is now PDP vs Nigerians (those ones that want the progress of this nation), all thanks to GEJ.

they said nobody can postpone election if not they will demonstrate. Election has been postpone nothing has happen. Let me tell u categorically if Jega is removed nothing will happen and heaven will not fall.

Let wait and see. Let them bring anybody as INEC chairman it is very obvious that APC will win.

Except for their selfish interest, the house of reps members are toothless bulldogs. They vowed to dethrone GEJ by impeachment and now we know it was empty noise.

dguyindcorner:
I've told them before and I will tell then again.

This election is now PDP vs Nigerians (those ones that want the progress of this nation), all thanks to GEJ.

Why are you guys behaving like LAWLESS illiterates
Have you found out the tenure end date of the man?

nigerianchoice:
In the interest of full disclosure, let me say from the outset that this piece is nonpartisan. It is, instead, an apolitical academic exercise, primarily intended as a simple legal treatise, without being personal, on the legalities of tenure of Prof Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman. Having said that, let me then give reasons why Jega’s tenure legally or actually comes to end on March 24, 2015, instead of the presumptive June 24, 2015.

Jega was appointed by President Jonathan on June 8, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 2010. Under the law, his tenure runs for five years. Mathematically, therefore his tenure ‘exactly’ ends on June 24, 2015, counting from the date of Senate confirmation.

But accordingly to extant rules and our time-honored conventions, his tenure ‘actually’ comes to an end on March 24 because he is required, without more, to compulsorily proceed on terminal leave three months to the mathematical end of his tenure. And this is being very generous because, if you go by the ‘doctrine of relation back’, a strong case can be made that his terminal leave shall commence on March 8 (the date he was appointed), instead of March 24 (the date he was confirmed).

For those who might argue otherwise, there are legions of precedents, including, most notably, that of Jega’s predecessor, Prof Maurice Iwu. Iwu’s tenure was due to expire on June 13, 2010. However, on April 28, 2010, then acting President Jonathan, ordered Iwu to proceed on terminal leave. That Iwu’s own terminal leave was less than three months to his mathematical five years was probably a matter of expediency of that turbulent era and presidential grace, to boot.

In recent times, we have seen other equally constitutionally-tenured public servants proceed on terminal leave before the exact date of expiration of their tenure. Here are few examples. Former IGP Abubakar’s tenure was due to end on July 30, 2014 but he proceeded or was sent on terminal leave on May 12, 2014. Former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapher voluntarily proceeded on terminal leave three months before the constitutional or mathematical end of his tenure. Ditto for former PCA, Justice Salami, even though his own was somewhat exceptional because he was on suspension when his terminal leave clock began to tick. I might add that Salami fought his for its exceptional equities but still lost. Jega has no such equities.

To underscore that there are no exceptions, the Federal Government, in a well-received circular issued by the former Head of Service, Alhaji Isa Bello Sali, had “called on those affected to comply with immediate effect by observing the three months terminal leave as provided for in the extant Rules”. Unarguably, those affected included, without exceptions, all public servants that have constitutional or legal tenure, either based on fixed tenure-track, as in the case of Iwu, Jega, etc; or straight retirement based on 35 years service (the IGP) or age (Justice Musdapher).

According to the circular, which is captioned ‘Three Months Pre-Retirement/Terminal Leave’, the government stated that “It has been observed that the mandatory notice of retirement for officers who are due to retire is not being observed as provided for in the extant rules. Accordingly, it has become necessary to reiterate the provisions of Public Service Rules (PSR) 100238 which states that officers are required to give three months notice of their retirement from service terminating on the effective date of their retirement”. For avoidance of doubt, the term retirement, in context, applies, mutatis mutandis, to those on fixed tenure like Jega.

The circular was addressed and sent to the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Justice of the Federation, all Ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Chairman Federal Civil Service Commission, the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Others are Heads of extra-ministerial departments, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Auditor-General of the Federation, Surveyor-General of the Federation, Directors-General/chief executives of parastatals and agencies.

So, as we can see from above, it is left for Jega to decide between these two options: It is either he voluntarily proceeds on his terminal leave by March 24, 2015, or he may be forced to do so by executive fiat. If, however, he is emboldened to sit tight, he has to know that any extra day he spends in office beyond March 24 is not by any force of law but by the sheer good graces of President Jonathan.

From: Aloy Ejimakor. Esq.

Just the way they protected Sanusi right

Frankiss44:
Just the way they protected Sanusi right

this is different...

chukwudi44:
the nothing the HOR can do about Jega.He has finished his tenure and is to proceed on his ternmination leave.The is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it

This same way you were fooling your old age all over nairaland that Tambuwal is no longer the speaker but it seems you have abandoned that anthem for another shenanigans at the moment.

For your information Jega will be on that seat to conduct a 2015 free and fair elections, and the person with the mandate of majority of Nigerians will be declared winner. Simple.

sucess001:
this is different...

There is no difference bro.... the only difference is the amount in dollars it will take to bribe that corrupt house.....

ANOTHER NOSE MAKERS

Frankiss44:
There is no difference bro.... the only difference is the amount in dollars it will take to bribe that corrupt house.....

lol...on the contrary...this is different becos they realise dat the way jonathan is goin....he may truncate democracy and they lose their seats...


so they have an interest to protect actually...

chukwudi44:
the nothing the HOR can do about Jega.He has finished his tenure and is to proceed on his ternmination leave.The is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it

see your plans...you cant win the election...now u wanna go tru the backdoor...


shameless people

PDP NEED TO STOP ALL THIS ASAP..
APC PLANS IS WORKING!!!


APC PLAN IS TO PAINT PDP BAD COMPLETELY INFRONT OF NIGERIA CITIZENS
AND THEY ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT APC WANT, USING THE POWER
APC IS USING PDP STRATEGICS AGAINST THEM AND PDP DONT EVEN NOTICE


I THINK FFK IS WORKING FOR APC






i like jona in 2011 even my sister name his son jonathan in 2011.. she stop calling him that name since about a year ago



i cant stop thinking about what is going to happen to nigeria money if jona is there for another 4 years..

sucess001:
lol...on the contrary...this is different becos they realise dat the way jonathan is goin....he may truncate democracy and they lose their seats...


so they have an interest to protect actually...

Lolz... Okay... lets watch and see

Frankiss44:
Lolz... Okay... lets watch and see

bros...am praying they help o...cos only dem fit deliver us from this tyrant o

agabusta:
This same way you were fooling your old age all over nairaland that Tambuwal is no longer the speaker but it seems you have abandoned that anthem for another shenanigans at the moment.

For your information Jega will be on that seat to conduct a 2015 free and fair elections, and the person with the mandate of majority of Nigerians will be declared winner. Simple.

Sharaap my friend!! Is Tambuwal still the speaker. Did you not see how the IGP addressed him,? Alhaji Tambuwal, the leader of the group of thugs who sacked the NASS