The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has condemned the postponement of 2015 general elections earlier scheduled to commence on February 14 by the Independent National Electoral Commission saying could lead to military coup.
The MDCAN in a statement issued on Monday evening by its President, Dr. Steven Oluwole, after its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja described the decision as an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerians.
“Insecurity as basis for postponement of elections sets the stage for military adventurism should the insurgency remain in six weeks time”, the association emphasized.
On Boko Haram, the association said the suffering of Nigerians in the northeast, who are now refugees in their own country, is lamentable, commending members of the MDCAN in the northeast who continue to provide services without adequate protection are commended.
The association resolved as follows:
1. Security Chiefs that failed to prepare for the elections should be relieved
of their duties effective immediately by Mr President
2. Elections should be rescheduled for a fortnight
3. Failure or reluctance of Mr. President to act speedily and decisively may put democratic governance in jeopardy and plunge this Country into chaos that will fulfil the forecast of some foreign powers
4. Mr. President will lose the legitimacy to rule if he allows the fundamental principles of democracy to be violated and the will of the people that
elected him derailed.
