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Wednesday 16 December 2015

Buhari, Jonathan To Appear Before Parliament In Ghana

Buhari, Jonathan To Appear Before Parliament In Ghana

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari

Ahead of its 2016 general elections, Ghana’s parliament is considering turning to two Nigerian presidents to speak to the nation.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, are being considered to be invited by the Ghanaian parliament.
The forthcoming Ghanaian general election has been marked out by political analysts as the most crucial contest yet, hence the need to invite President Muhammadu Buhari and former president Goodluck Jonathan who have been in the eye of the storm.

The speaker of parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, said the Nigerian leaders will be instrumental in diffusing the election tension in Ghana.

Adjaho said he wants Buhari and Jonathan to share experiences on how Nigeria managed to sail through a very sensitive election that saw the transfer of political power to an opposition party for the first time since independence.

Professor Attahiru Jega, the former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is already in the country sharing his experience in having handled the polls.

Prof Jega delivered a lecture organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs on Tuesday, December 15.

During the lecture, he charged Ghana and Nigeria to transfer the passion to outdo each other on the football pitch to a competition of who has the best democratic credentials.

Jega on Tuesday turned to parliament where he paid a courtesy call on the parliamentary leadership in Accra.

Speaking on a controversial debate regarding the need for a new voters’ register the former INEC boss, advised that the discussions must not take a political dimension.

The Nigerian electoral commissioner also met with the opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Jega made history after overseeing the polls in March 2015 in which 72-year-old Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated its arch-rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which had governed Africa’s most populous nation for the previous 16 years.

Despite reported administrative inefficiencies, the INEC chairman was credited with organizing an election that was believed to be the most transparent in the history of Nigeria.

In a very engaging process, Nigerians took to social media to post pictures and videos of delays and any irregularities, and got INEC officials to respond to problems reported at different polling units as they came in.

Meanwhile, as Jonathan and Buhari receive recognition for their roles in Nigeria’s landmark election, another former president of Nigeria was berated by Ghana’s incumbent president, John Mahama.

The Whistle reports that Mahama hurled abuse at ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, calling him “an idiot” and a “stupid buffoon”.

The two spat on each other, with the Ghanaian president lashing out at Obasanjo at the African Investment Forum, which was held between December 1 and 2 in Westminster, London.

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