March, April Polls Elections Will Hold As Scheduled – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians and the international community that the country’s general elections slated for March 28 and April 11 will hold as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also quoted Jonathan as saying that the Federal Government was working hard to improve the capacity of the armed forces to fight insecurity.

Jonathan spoke yesterday at the inauguration of four Navy ships: Okpabana, Centenary, Sagbama and Prosperity at the Naval Dockyard limited, Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to the president, his administration will rout Boko Haram out and conduct elections as scheduled by INEC.

He said, “So, Nigerians can see that the present administration is leaving no stone unturned to improve the capacity of our armed forces, not just the Navy but also the Army and the Air Force.

“We have built sufficient capacity. And let me also use this platform to promise good country men and women that we would rout Boko Haram. Our capacity has increased sufficiently and our officers and men are doing wonderfully well in the North.

“And we must conduct our elections as scheduled by INEC, because within this period we are convinced that we will return the North to the level where the activities of extremists will not affect our elections. They are working hard day and night and I directed that Nigerians should be briefed regularly.”

Jonathan spoke a day after the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, told the Senate that he could not guarantee the 2015 general elections would hold on the rescheduled dates.