MDCAN Condemn Election Shift

                    
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has condemned the postponement of the general elections on the excuse of security.

The group described the excuse given for the shift of dates as flimsy, wondering how the security agencies that failed to contain Boko Haram insurgency in six years would now scheduled six weeks to do so.

The  President of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) Dr. Steven Oluwole in a statement called for a  reorganization of the defence structure of the military, warning that the president will lose the legitimacy to rule if he allows the fundamental principles of democracy to be violated.

The  statement said the reason put forward was ‘convoluted, contrived and bogus’ and an  insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerians."

The group further observed that insecurity which had been advanced “as basis for postponement of elections sets the stage for military adventurism should the insurgency remain in six weeks time.

“Did Mr President give orders to his security Chiefs to prepare for the elections?  Were the orders of Mr President ignored? If so, the security Chiefs have betrayed their duty to be subordinate to civil authority, defied and set the stage for potential truncation of democracy for security reasons!”

MDCAN therefore advised that the election should be rescheduled for a fortnight and that “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 and  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.”

MDCAN which is an association of senior doctors in the country however commended its members in the northeast who continue to provide services without adequate protection.

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