BREAKING NEWS: Senate Votes To Replace President Yar’Adua, Jonathan Climbs Up
Feb 9th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story
The Nigerian political class acting through the legislature (The SENATE) this afternoon shoved aside the ailing President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, who has been absent from the country for about 77 uninterrupted days.
The ailing President has been sojourning in Jeddah, Saudi Specialist hospital for about 10 weeks now. It has become an embarrasment to the ruling elite who could no longer cover up for the ailing President. The smart move was executed to starve off growing public protests by civil society organisations accross Nigerian cities against what it called “Off-shore Presidency”.
He went to Saudi Arabia to treat multiple ailments, and since then, the ship of the nation has been wobbling on the political sea.The Nigerian parliament today voted to transfer power to vice-president Goodluck Jonathan in the prolonged absence of the president, Umaru Yar’Adua, who has been receiving hospital treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Both the Senate passed motions enabling Jonathan to act as president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces until Yar’Adua, who left the West African country last year for treatment abroad.
“The vice-president … shall henceforth discharge the functions of the office of the president, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the federation, as acting president,” the senate motion said.
Yar’Adua, who has suffered from kidney ailments, left the country several times for what his advisers said were medical checkups before going to Saudi Arabia in November. He was admitted to a hospital the next day and has remained there, leaving Nigeria in a political limbo.
Amid rumours about the president’s health – some reports said he was dead – his doctor released a statement saying he had acute pericardium, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart.
While the government says Jonathan has been acting in Yar’Adua’s place, protesters have taken to the street warning the country will remain rudderless until the situation is clarified. In Yar’Adua’s absence more than 300 people have died and thousands displaced in religious violence between Christians and Muslims, a major kidnapping and a pipeline attack have occurred in the oil-rich Niger delta and a young Nigerian attempted to bring down an airliner over Detroit, prompting the introduction of new security regulations for those travelling from Nigeria.
Until he took over as Nigeria’s president in May 2007, Yar’Adua, 58, was governor of his northern Katsina home state for eight years.
He has given one interview since being out of the country. In January, he told the BBC he hoped to recover and return to power. The senate president, David Mark, said that telephone interview served as the notification needed to allow Jonathan to take power. “The BBC interview is as good as the letter envisioned by the constitution,” Mark said.
Gbenga AR (435)
Babamatto (279)
OSUN (244)
semiu (217)
Omolebi Sunday (162)
BabaRabb (153)
Comrade Nurain Ad... (107)
Tejumola Lateef A... (104)
kabir (100)
OYELEYE E.A (WA... (92)
Moshood Oni (86)
balo (71)
Babarabb (53)
Ayobami Ogunleye(... (50)
laolu (44)
weightloss pills (33)
Abiona (30)
Adediran Aderogba... (30)
AremuKabir (30)
com. kupoluyi ola... (29)
[...] This post was Twitted by OsunDefender [...]
It is very painful that the man can never return hail and hearty. The truth remains that Thief Obasanjo deliberately imposed the sicked man on 150 millions Nigerians because of his selfishness. “Umaru, are you dead or alive?”, Obasanjo proudly asked the man on phone during one of their presidential political rallies that false-fully brought the man in question into power. Where is the man now and where is Obasanjo? Shame on them all.
its will better ….
Today’s sitting was so unique because l dont know why somebody will be rulling the entire nation from his sick bed.
.-= OYELEYE E.A (WARD 4,ILESA EAST LOCAL GOVT)´s last blog ..BREAKING NEWS: Senate Votes To Replace President Yar’Adua, Jonathan Climbs Up =-.
What a painful news ab0t President welfare and their wil be no more truth in dis country
What a painful news ab0t President welfare and their wil be no more truth in dis country and dis may cause stop of ongoing election petition retrial
I joined Millions of Nigerian to salute the courage put up by Nora Akunyil. It was her memo that eventually led to emergency of Jonathan as Acting President.
I wish the Ailing president a speeding recovery.
Congrats Jonathan, keep the flag flying until the President returns. Try to increase the tempo and face the power sector especially. I wish the President quick recovery.
Jonathan, no congratulations because you are merely fulfilling the constitutional role though a belated one but wishes you good luck. I hope you will not forget the enomous responsibility of protecting the constitution that brought you into office. Therefore for successful tenure, ensure rule of law, free judiciary, good governance and never allow any cabal to hijack or misuse you. At the end of the day. I may have to congratulate you, good luck once again.
Senate just protected Yar’adua. My people, Jonathan is supposed to assume fully the office of the President (not in acting capacities) going by the provisions of Section 144 of Nig 1999 constitution. But the fact remains that Yar’adua has been protected.
i mr jubril s eshilokun i want to be a politician.i want the country to in order,i pray almaight allah will support me i stay in lagos state am a yoruba personi have been in politicain over 20 year .pls try and make more encouragement.and honest.lovely is minelet join hand and make it in other.call me on my phone number pls 08056411114.