LIVE: President Jonathan Hosts Media Chat

 Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who is seeking re-election in forthcomaing polls, is currently hosting the eighth presidential media chat.

Reportedly he would speak about the postponement of General elections, but there a lot of problems in Nigeria, that are awaiting of being tackling by Nigerians.

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So media chat began, follow updates below:

19.40 President said, that May 29th is sancrosant.

19.38 “We are not saying Boko Haram must be wiped out before elections can hold.”

19.37 “Elections will hold and there would be handover on May 29,” Jonathan assures the panelists.

19.35 “If the fight against BH is not won by 6 weeks, are we going to see another postponement?” Mr. President gets question about one more postponement.

19.33 Why don’t you visit the mosques ? Adesua asks President Jonathan. He responds that he gets numerous invites to religious events.

19.32 Jonathan stressed that whoever wants to be the President cannot destroy Nigeria.

19.29 A lot of misinformation in the country even by very senior citizens, Mr.President continues.

19.27 Jonathan said he doesn’t see the big deal about poll shift.

19.25 On Jega: I wish Jega were here, I could have asked him to answer whether I have confidence in him Yes those who called for his sack may be close to me, but they express their own opinion. More than 80 per cent of those who sponsor messages on our behalf we don’t even know them. People use the reschedule of election to misinform Nigerians.

19.24 “In Borno, about 10 local govts are under Boko Haram but I can assure you that very soon, we shall resolve this.”

19.20 “If I feel that Prof. Jega is incompetent for obvious reasons and is in line with the constitution I can remove him,” he continued.

19.15 Mr.President speaks on elections postponement, he said: “INEC acts independently and I don’t interfere with their decisions.

19.12 Presidential media chat starts. It was opened by a brief speech by the president. Questioning have swiftly moved into the postponed elections. The president wanted the understanding of the international society over the shifted polls. He said the kind of scenarios where elections are postponed for the sake of perpetuating power is not the case in Nigeria.

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