President Goodluck Jonathan, is actively working
on plans to postpone the general elections, earlier
scheduled to hold February 14, according
to SaharaReporters. This is based on the fact that
the National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, had
publicly called for the postponement of the
elections on a couple of occassions.
The NSA initially made the call while speaking at a
Chattam House lecture in London on Thursday,
January 22, saying that the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) was yet to distribute
Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), to all eligible voters.
During a BBC World Service radio interview
broadcast on Friday, January 23, Dasuki, again
repeated his call for the elections to be postponed.
“I don’t see how, logically, you can distribute 30
million voters cards in the next two weeks. That’s
asking for too much… There’s no rush in doing it
in February if the law allows you to do it in April.
The provision (for holding a general election) is for
not more than 90 days and not less than 30 days
before the end of the administration. We still have
some time to play with. I think it’s better safe than
sorry.”
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