Wednesday 22 April 2015

APC be rest assured Power will Change hands come May 29, no longer May 28...

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The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that President Goodluck Jonathan will formally handover power to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on May 29

Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, who disclosed the information, had last week said the the President would hand over at a dinner on May 28 so that the administration can reserve May 29 for the incoming government.


However, stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress kicked against it, saying that there will be a vacuum in the leadership of the country till when Buhari is inaugurated 24 hours after the handing over.

The government appears to have listened and consequently, changed its mind, when it was revealed on Wednesday, April 22, at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, that May 29 is the day power will change hands.

Akwashiki denied saying that the President would handover to the President-elect on May 28, saying: “In the council today, the discussion was still centered on transition. I have to make a little clarification because some people thought I said May 28 will be handover date. I never said that.”
“I said May 28 will be the last day that we will have our handing over briefs by ministries and parastatals. I said from the 28th of this month to that date has been given to departments and ministries to submit their hand over notes.”
“I remember somebody asked if there will be no vacuum if there is handover on May 28 and I replied that there will be no handing over on May 28. Handing over and inauguration will hold on May 29. The President is not handing over power on May 28, he is handing over power on May 29.”
“We have started the transition and it is ongoing. We are submitting our handover notes to the Office of the SGF. The President is still the President until May 29 when Gen. Buhari takes his oath of office and resumes as the President of the Federal Republic.”

1 comment:

Chester Zoo said...

Political twists, these men though!