NEXT EXCLUSIVE: Giving it his best shot
Attahiru Jega, the
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is
optimistic that he can oversee credible polls in Nigeria. “I can
guarantee an excellent job, if I get time until April to be able to
conduct elections,” Mr. Jega says confidently, sitting in his office at
INEC headquarters in Abuja.
He is referring to
perhaps the most urgent decision that needs to be taken regarding the
2011 polls. Last week, INEC sought the cooperation of political parties
to explore ways of extending the election timetable within a legal
framework because according to its chairman, “If we are able to conduct
an election in April, we can do a grade A job’’.
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One really wonders why a section of his country whose indigenes abhor sports under the pretext of religious injunction monopolize all positions in sports just to grab estacodes. i am really sad that this country will continue to retrogress as long as this trend persists. the people who always shout BLUE MURDER when they are not in charge commit maradonic atrocities while in charge. how does one explain the fact that all the three wives of the former NFF chairman were delegates at the 2010 world cup? When it comes to retrenchment in federal establishments then southerners must be the victims for no just reason but in appointments they are the chosen few. How many graduates of northern extraction are unemployed? But I know a guy with a good masters who has spent 8 years on the streets of Lagos, he has no godfather. Southerner in position would rather employ northerners than help their people. May God bless Richard Akinjide. Lest I be misunderstood, I have no link with PDP and i have never met the man. His actions as minister of education spoke volumes.