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kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

if APC boycotts the election, who will be at lost?
Abeg make una no make me laugh louder ohhh.

I have been in a country where the opposition boycoted election and the ruling party conducted and won the election. Opposition went to street and after that went home to nurse their insury. And that is what will happen to APC

Noviolence2015:
Jega won't be sacked, he will simply be required by constitutional provisions to proceed on terminal leave which is compulsory three months to the end of a public servant's tenure.

It is entirely constitutional ...

Proceed on a compulsory three months leave when the general Elections is by the corner? Its time for the good people of Nigeria to revolt against a desperate GEJ.

gilmaro:
INEC is an independent body that is funded by the federal govt n its entirely guided by Nigeria civil service law, jega as inec chairman is bounded by its law,,,, nobody shouted foul play when this law played in the case of morris iwuh, why will jega's own be different soon the whole world will know apc's interest in jega

There's no need going further with you. Go and find out the meaning of 'civil servant' and 'public servant' noting the differences between both as well as the laws governing the activities of each of them. Then take a look at the Nigerian constitution 1999 as amended to see where the INEC chairman belongs and note the laws governing his operations.

Learn to do some research before coming to post online. Technology has made it easier.

if Jonathan tri that den it is time for aguyi ironsi treatment. a bullet to his head. case close.

Jonathan ,the last President of fed.republic of Nigeria.

Akpan107:
Nobody can sack Jega, not even the President. But he must go on leave, just like other INEC boss. It will happen and nothing anybody can do about it.

Amaechi once said that, if the Election is postponed, Nigerians will be on the street. Did it happen? No!

APC has everything to lose in this election and they will never get the Presidency nomatter how they call the President names!

jokie jokie, people were already on the street in kaduna and parts of lagos after the postponement, they only asked them to cool down a little and see how far the clueless one wanted to take his madness, so no basis to compare.

if he tries it, there will be no election in the north.so advise him to go and be president of otuoke.

thaoriginator:
GEJ is a Baboon soaked in BLOOD

correct because fight against BH is war against the north. And after 2011 election which GEJ won. GEJ sent his animals to kill 10 copers and other 800inocent Nigerians...

Taaaaa Never Again shall a babaric bloodsucking General rule overthis country...
N A V E R...A G A I N

[/quote]It is even better if APC boycotts the election! If the members forms a parallel govt,they shall be ruthlessly dealt with. I will personally shoot u.

tomzman:
There's no need going further with you. Go and find out the meaning of 'civil servant' and 'public servant' noting the differences between both as well as the laws governing the activities of each of them. Then take a look at the Nigerian constitution 1999 as amended to see where the INEC chairman belongs and note the laws governing his operations.

Learn to do some research before coming to post online. Technology has made it easier.

we're not arguing but just resisting each others point, jega wasn't elected but appointed by GEJ, i know u'l call him a public servant. his mandate was given to him by GEJ who has the peoples mandate to precide over the countries affair, Jega can be sacked by the presidency if they have a reason to do so,,,,,but in this regards, he's not been sacked but adviced to go on a compulsery terminal leave whibh is legal in all its ramification, jega was employed by GEJ's administration n can never be considered a public servant

wetin concern jega nw no b d terminal leave but hw he wil escape from EFCC

Jega will resign and your coward dirty fetish APC party will do nothing. If you guys try rubbish the military will leave boko haram and come face you all. Empty rants all over APC camp.

This useless northern elders again

itetemi:
jokie jokie, people were already on the street in kaduna and parts of lagos after the postponement, they only asked them to cool down a little and see how far the clueless one wanted to take his madness, so no basis to compare.

if he tries it, there will be no election in the north.so advise him to go and be president of otuoke.

Itemi, get ur ppl ready to be on the street! Because Jega must surely go on leave. It's called 'compulsory leave' not if Jega like to go!

APC has fail to understand the meaning of the word ''Compulsory'' maybe, after Jega must have gone, they will understand!

Akpan107:
Itemi, get ur ppl ready to be on the street! Because Jega must surely go on leave. It's called 'compulsory leave' not if Jega like to go!

APC has fail to understand the meaning of the word ''Compulsory'' maybe, after Jega must have gone, they will understand!

make una jonny walker go try am first.jokers.

itetemi:
make una jonny walker go try am first.jokers.

We shall see!

Lol, hehehehehe it's like APC already paid Jega and now they are afraid Jega will be sacked or go on leave and their 'egunjè' will enter voice mail. Shikena. Let APC tell Nigerians the truth.

This is an interesting legal explanation right here. There is nothing opposition can do about this.. The PDP has its legal discretion all on this one.

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 according 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.
[quote author=incrediblestev post=31174333][/quote]: This is an interesting legal explanation right here. There is nothing opposition can do about this.. The PDP has its legal discretion all on this one.

kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

Hahahahahahaaha!

Bros, forming a parallel government will hasten our journey to a parallel nation!
how I wish Arewa Political Cancer can form the parallel government this night.

lovat:
What is madness?

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically turn you to a Mark Zuckerberg

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically give you 24/7 hour electricity (Let there be light, and there was light)

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will land you a job in Shell

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will eradicate your personal & family problems.

Madness is when you think voting a Buhari will automatically land GOODLUCK & FAYOSE in Kirikiri, while TINUBU & AMAECHI moves freely from Lagos to Bayelsa, Abuja to Delta.

What is madness?

Madness is YOU, if you've ever assume any of the above will come to pass

I concur ....madness is you think buhari is intelligent than Jonathan
madness is when u beleive buhari has WAEC certificate and GEJ doesn't have phd

kastonkastrol:
that's because we know what PDP are planning to do if we had protested.

Is that why you are making noise?

egift:
All the hope of Jonathan and his party is to win by manipulating the system. Am glad you now know that Jonathan does not have the Votes. Nigerians have deserted him.

After getting voted out, you can accompany him to Otueke, we don't care.

Our anger with Jega is his secret plan to rig the election in favour of APC through tactical denial of PVC to all Jonathan support base and flood PVC to all Buhari strongholds. With this alone, his integrity and impartiality has been called to question.
This was what happened to Prof Iwu when he decided to become partisan.
I pity him.

The is not the first time they are threatening this country. Why can't he follow due process. He should proceed on terminal leave he can still resign. NORTHERN ELDERS ARE COWARDS . NO DISASTER.

Seun360:
Proceed on a compulsory three months leave when the general Elections is by the corner? Its time for the good people of Nigeria to revolt against a desperate GEJ.

Jega isn't a career INEC staff,he started working in INEC just 5yrs ago.
If he dies today,d elections will still go on.
No need for bending d rules for him.
Looks like there's a diff set of rules for d hausa/Fulani in this country.
Sheik Buhari is still going on with his campaign when it's now clear to d whole world he ain't got a WASC certificate.

kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

That sounds to me like regional government, confab resolutions indirect, true federalism all rapped in one. GEJ till 2019!!!!!!. Election postponement and Jega leaving as critical decision for our collective survival must be defended by the defenders.

Northerners are pure alarmists. When Kwankwaso and his cohorts asked GEJ to remove Festus Odimegwu, former chairman, National Population Commission because he said that the population figure of Nigeria was falsified to favour the north, Jonathan bowed to the pressure and sacked him even though what the NPC boss said was true. The so-called northern elders did not see anything wrong in that. Now Jega is about to be fired and the toothless bulldogs are backing. Your threat and ranting doesn't amount to anything. Abegi! Go Sidon. una eye go clear soon.

Who will sack jega,he will jst have 2 go on leave as required by d constitutn,ehejerika was winning d war against insurgency,but had 2 respect d law and left d scene whn we needed him most..in a more critical issue,so y will jega,s case b an exception...

lovat:
What is madness?

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically turn you to a Mark Zuckerberg

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically give you 24/7 hour electricity (Let there be light, and there was light)

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will land you a job in Shell

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will eradicate your personal & family problems.

Madness is when you think voting a Buhari will automatically land GOODLUCK & FAYOSE in Kirikiri, while TINUBU & AMAECHI moves freely from Lagos to Bayelsa, Abuja to Delta.

What is madness?

Madness is YOU, if you've ever assume any of the above will come to pass

We want to remove u from poverty, u say u wan die there. Okay na, no problem...continue

PhockPhockMan:
Our anger with Jega is his secret plan to rig the election in favour of APC through tactical denial of PVC to all Jonathan support base and flood PVC to all Buhari strongholds. With this alone, his integrity and impartiality has been called to question.
This was what happened to Prof Iwu when he decided to become partisan.
I pity him.

You do not have any valid proof for this your unfounded allegation. Just because PDP have seen that they will lose and now they want to manipulate the electoral process.

Look at the following issues:
- There are millions of PVCs that are there unclaimed because nobody has come for there unclaimed.
- PDP politicians in the the so called Jonathan's stronghold thought the results will be manipulated and were busy fighting at the Primaries (here in Enugu we had 3-4 parallel candidates) without efforts to carry the voters along in terms of awareness and encourage them to both register and collection of their cards.
- There is voters apathy and many are indifferent too. Others don't even have the patience to leave their business to go start collecting the PVCs.
- I even here on phone-in programmes on radio that many can't afford to go to the LGA Hq, INEC have shifted the collection to the locations where the polling unites will be. Still many are not going there.
- The major problem Jonathan has is that those who will vote for him are not at the locations where they registered.

With every legitimate component of reality considered, Jonathan will lose. PDP cannot muscle Jonathan down our throat. Jonathan's last-minute gallivanting will not erase 5yrs of Failure.

We-Have-Decided, Change is what we want and a Positive Change we will get. Sai Buhari.

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Chigold101:
if APC boycotts the election, who will be at lost?
Abeg make una no make me laugh louder ohhh.

I have been in a country where the opposition boycoted election and the ruling party conducted and won the election. Opposition went to street and after that went home to nurse their insury. And that is what will happen to APC

I am sure the country you are making refrence to, must be either Gambia or Equatorial Guinea, two countries who have the misfortune of being ruled by maximum rulers.
Have you ever wondered what prompted Burkinabes to take to the streets against Campore, after many years of dictatorship? The people were simply frustrated with his leadership style and believe they have nothing to lose if they demand, to be given basic rights, in their country. The uprising in neighboring Cote D' Voire, where another 'dictator in the making', Gbagbo, was kicked out of power with the active support of the populace, must have emboldened the Burkinabes to take to the streets.

The Nigerian nation is miles away from the political and democratic development in neighboring countries like Benin Republic, Sierra Leone and Ghana. An opposition candidate, Soglo won presidential election in Benin Republic against the incumbent, Matthieu Kerekou, who have been in power as a dictator, for more than 2 decades. He, Soglo, later lost the next election to Kerekou, the same person the people rejected 5 years earlier. Yayi Boni, the current President of Benin Republic, came to power as an Independent candidate, yes, Independent Candidate, in Benin Republic, a country that experienced dictatorship and one party state for more than 2 decades few years ago. The current President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma, also won election as an opposition candidate.
The political development in Ghana.is even more advanced than any other country in the sub region. I believe Nigeria as a nation, should actually see Ghana, as a role model, in our democratic development. I equally believe that it will be a matter of time before we will overtake them if we can 'put our house in order'.
God bless Nigeria and its people (Amen).

Jega or no jega.

We are voting Buhari and 1 billion PDP reasons or tactics or goons cannot change that.

#GEJMUSTGO2015#

QUOTE US THE PLACE IN THE CONSTITUTION WHERE INEC CHAIR SUPPOSED GO LEAVE.
YOU ARE A PROPER MUMU

gilmaro:
jega's terminal leave is constitutional, there's nothing the northern elders and apc law makers can do to resist a legal move like this. If they had not made any pre-arrangment with jega in their favour, why then do they want him to stay in office even when he's supposed to be on terminal leave.......they're joking