IPAC Praises Jonathan For Rejecting Postponement Of Elections | Inter Party Advisory Council

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Anambra State chapter yesterday praised President Goodluck Jonathan for refusing pressures on him to postpone the scheduled February general election.
In a statement issued to newsmen in Onitsha, the state’s commercial hub by IPAC, an umbrella body of all registered political parties in Nigeria, and signed by Chief Bartho Igwedibia and Chief Peter Okala, chairman and publicity secretary respectively, it said with this action, Jonathan had shown that he is truly a democrat who is not after power through fraudulent means.
The three-page statement reads in part, “We salute President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on his courage and refusal to succumb to the pressure on him to postpone the schedule Feb. 14 and 28 general election.
“Mr President’s steadfastness and his desire to keep the electoral time-table sacrosanct, reflects his truthful desire to avert societal and constitutional crises in the country,’’ it said.
The statement, however, urged every eligible Nigerian to ensure that he or she collects his or her permanent voter cards (PVCs) to be able to participate in the forthcoming elections, even as INEC has extended the issuance of PVCs date to Feb. 8.
“IPAC is using this opportunity to call on the new Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner to ensure that the people of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State whose about 9000 PVC were stolen in the course of the distribution exercise by the INEC staff according to his Predecessor (Prof. Pastor Onukaogu) are not disenfranchised for a fault that is not theirs.
“IPAC enjoins the good people of Nigerian at home and in Diaspora to continue to work hard as they partners with IPAC to protect and nurture this hard earned democracy,’’ it said.
The group also commended Mr President for showing transparency in economic management as regards the historic reduction of fuel price.