The Chairman
of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has
said he does not have any plan to embark on
terminal leave.
This was contrary to unsubstantiated report that
Jega would proceed on a forced terminal leave on
March 1.
But Jega’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kayode
Idowu, denied this saying his boss was busy
preparing for the conduct of the elections.
He said, “Jega is busy preparing for the elections
and you are asking about terminal leave. Does
anyone planning to conduct elections go on
terminal leave? There is nothing like that.”
Idowu had in an interview on a TV programme
monitored in Lagos, on Tuesday, said Jega’s
appointment was not guided by civil service rules
and would serve until the end of his tenure on
June 30.
He said the postponement of the elections would
make INEC better prepared for the elections
scheduled for March 28 and April 11.
Idowu also denied the report that Jega had
resigned his appointment due to pressure from
the Presidency.
Idowu said, “No, that’s (resignation) is not true,
he has not resigned. He didn’t resign. It is a mere
rumour.”
Similarly, the minority leader of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, said Jega
could not be asked to go on a terminal leave
because he was not a civil servant.
He said, “I do not consider the Chairman of INEC
as a civil servant subject to civil service rules the
same way I, as a member of the House of
Representatives, is not a civil servant. There is a
difference between a civil servant and a public
servant or officer. Jega falls under the latter.”
However, it was learnt that by norm, political
appointees had at several times in the past been
ordered to go on terminal leave even though they
were not civil servants.
The provisions of Public Service Rules 100238
states that officers are required to give three
months notice of their retirement from service
terminating on the effective date of their
retirement. This means Jega might be forced to
proceed on terminal leave before the elections.
For instance, the tenure of Jega’s predecessor,
Prof Maurice Iwu, was due to expire on June 13,
2010 but on April 28, 2010, President Goodluck
Jonathan, ordered Iwu to proceed on terminal
leave.
Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has
said he does not have any plan to embark on
terminal leave.
This was contrary to unsubstantiated report that
Jega would proceed on a forced terminal leave on
March 1.
But Jega’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kayode
Idowu, denied this saying his boss was busy
preparing for the conduct of the elections.
He said, “Jega is busy preparing for the elections
and you are asking about terminal leave. Does
anyone planning to conduct elections go on
terminal leave? There is nothing like that.”
Idowu had in an interview on a TV programme
monitored in Lagos, on Tuesday, said Jega’s
appointment was not guided by civil service rules
and would serve until the end of his tenure on
June 30.
He said the postponement of the elections would
make INEC better prepared for the elections
scheduled for March 28 and April 11.
Idowu also denied the report that Jega had
resigned his appointment due to pressure from
the Presidency.
Idowu said, “No, that’s (resignation) is not true,
he has not resigned. He didn’t resign. It is a mere
rumour.”
Similarly, the minority leader of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, said Jega
could not be asked to go on a terminal leave
because he was not a civil servant.
He said, “I do not consider the Chairman of INEC
as a civil servant subject to civil service rules the
same way I, as a member of the House of
Representatives, is not a civil servant. There is a
difference between a civil servant and a public
servant or officer. Jega falls under the latter.”
However, it was learnt that by norm, political
appointees had at several times in the past been
ordered to go on terminal leave even though they
were not civil servants.
The provisions of Public Service Rules 100238
states that officers are required to give three
months notice of their retirement from service
terminating on the effective date of their
retirement. This means Jega might be forced to
proceed on terminal leave before the elections.
For instance, the tenure of Jega’s predecessor,
Prof Maurice Iwu, was due to expire on June 13,
2010 but on April 28, 2010, President Goodluck
Jonathan, ordered Iwu to proceed on terminal
leave.
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