President Goodluck Jonathan.
ALMOST 48 hours after the polls shift announcement, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday okayed the decision but pledged that the May 29 handover date was still sacrosanct.In the same vein the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari yesterday endorsed the shift but urged the authorities to ensure the March 28 rescheduled date for the general elections remain sacrosanct.
Meanwhile knocks and kudos have continued to trail the decision as the United States, the Conference of Political Parties (CNPP) and other human rights groups have condemned the postponement.
However, a member of the 2014 National Conference and founder of the defunct National Advance Party (NAP), Dr. Tunji Braithwaite has rejected the international community's pontification over election shift, saying that the exercise was shifted in the best interest of the country, "therefore it is unacceptable for any foreign nation to dictate or meddle into our internal affairs."
But the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil have okayed the shift and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address issues leading to the postponement.
In a related development,
