From Muazu Elazeh, Katsina
Former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida yesterday took up the gauntlet thrown down by President Goodluck Jonathan on the problems in the power sector, saying that electricity supply was more stable in the eight years he was in power than now.
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The political climate in the South-West appears inclement. As the next general elections in the country draw near, it is becoming increasingly difficult for bookmakers to safely forecast who has a clear edge between the two leading political parties - the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the control of political power in the geo-political zone. This is because the political fortunes of the ruling PDP, which blossomed in the region in 2003 seem to be diminishing by the day against the rising profile of the opposition parties, notably the ACN.
President Goodluck Jonathan’s unilateral ceding of additional nine oil wells to Bayelsa state to pad the state’s revenue allocation from the Federation Account was done in breach of the 1999 Constitution, a Kaduna-based Constitutional lawyer and a Second Republic member of the House of Representatives have declared.
Senate yesterday failed to vote on the amendment of the 1999 constitution to shift the 2011 elections to April, following disagreements among lawmakers on the terms of the amendment.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has accused the administration of former military President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida for the power outages being experienced in the country.
Senate President David Mark has expressed worry that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders might not beat the May, 29 handover date even as he assured that the National Assembly was irrevocability committed to it.
