Members of the Presidential Declaration Committee led by Dr. Haliru Bello arrived at the date during their inaugural meeting held on Friday inside the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Jonathan had while informing the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party of his decision to
contest the election on Thursday set up the committee to come up with modalities for his declaration.
He had asked the committee to choose a date between November 7 and 15 for him to make his formal declaration.
Bello told journalists after the meeting that the committee members had settled for November
11.
He, however, said the decision on the venue for the declaration would be taken during the committee's next meeting, but did not mention
when the next meeting would hold.
Bello said, "The President gave us the task to organise the modality of creating a platform for him to meet Nigerians and announce his response to the various calls for him to come
out and declare his interest in the presidential election.
"The President has not said anything yet but it is like all Nigerians have called on him. It is our hope that he will come out and say 'yes' to the demand of multitude of Nigerians.
"On November 11, there will be a forum for the President to meet Nigerians to announce his decision.
The venue is yet to be decided. That will be decided at our next meeting."
The Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, who is one of the members of the committee, said that members were grouped into subcommittees during the inaugural
meeting.
Some of the groups include secretariat, venue and decoration, media and publicity, security, protocol and mobilisation, among others.
He said the committee would come up with robust preparation that would ensure a hitch-free declaration.
Source: Punch
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