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  • New Bafana Bafana Coach Ntseki to open shop against Zambia

     

    Veteran coach Molefi Ntseki has been confirmed as the new coach of Bafana Bafana. National Executive Committee (NEC) of South Africa Football Association (SAFA) made the confirmation on Saturday.

    Ntseki who has been assistant coach to virtually all the national coaches that handled Bafana Bafana thus replaces Stuart Baxter who dumped the job after leading the team to the last eight before losing 2-1 to Super Eagles at the Cairo International Stadium.

    Bafana announced the news on their official Twitter account saying that Ntseki was “unanimously endorsed by the entire SAFA NEC”

    Ntseki was assistant coach at Bloemfontein Celtic from 2010-2012 before joining SAFA as under-17 head coach.

    He was also assistant to former coaches Shakes Mashaba, Owen da Gama and recently Baxter.

     Molefi to begin with friendly against Zambia 

    Ntseki is banking on his wealth of experience garnered over the years under different coaches to deliver.

    “All these tenures have prepared me enough to stand on my own. We went as far as the quarter-finals in Egypt and I was very much part of the decision making processes and with any coach I have worked with,” Ntseki said on the SAFA website.

    Ntseki will finally have the opportunity to call the shots as the man in charge when he takes on Chipolopolo of Zambia in an international friendly on September 7.

    If there is one headache Ntseki will have to contend with, it is the must win attitude of the South African fans.

    He however advised the fans to learn to take both the good and the bad which are all part of the game.

    “South African fans love success hence their love, hate relationship with coaches. You win today, you are their number one fan, you lose the following day, and they call for your head.

    This I think is derived from their passion for the sport, their teams and Bafana Bafana in particular. However, it is my take that fans must learn to take the good and the bad in the same breath”, he told SAFA.net

     

     

     

  • Worried by electoral hiccups, PDP set to review conduct of 2019 polls

    The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concerns over hiccups in the conduct of the 2019 general elections.

    The party, at an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, complained about the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude the elections in record time.

    The PDP chieftains were particularly miffed that almost two weeks after, INEC could not conclude the governorship and state assembly elections that were held on March 9.

    Winners of the governorship elections are yet to be declared in seven states where the polls were declared inconclusive. The affected states are Kano, Sokoto, Benue, Plateau and Bauchi states. The concluding part of the elections are billed to hold in the affected states on Saturday.

    The governorship election in Rivers state has become a subject of legal rigmarole by interested parties as a result of suspension of announcement of the results midway into the exercise.

    Also of grave concern to the main opposition party was the militarisation of the elections in many states in the South-South geopolitical zone.

    The party has resolved to do a post mortem of the general election after the supplementary elections.

    The PDP National Chairman, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus who presided over the meeting, called on the military not to allow themselves be called out again for what he described as illegal duties.

    He enjoined the military and other security agencies to resist any attempt to be dragged into paying manipulative roles in Saturday’s supplementary elections in the affected states.

    The party chair said that military institution in Nigeria is highly regarded and therefore has the responsibility to guard its reputation jealously.

    According to him, inconclusive terminology is a rigging strategy introduced by the INEC to aide the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).

    He expressed optimism that PDP candidates will emerge victorious in the upcoming supplementary elections in five of the six states that the election will take place.

    Secondus said that property will hold the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu responsible for the consequences of all his actions.

    President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki said the result of the presidential and state elections reflected the strength and character of the PDP and urged members to build on the foundation.

    Saraki said the victory of the APC in the presidential and state elections will be short-lived, adding that, “We have a great future ahead and I believe we will start that on Saturday to make sure that we defend those five states that are declared inconclusive.

    “If anybody believes that it is a loss to PDP, it is a loss to the country that history will not forgive. We said it many times here, that the worst to do is to do an election that our country, Nigeria will not be proud of.

    “We have done an election that no doubt anybody and even those that think they have won are ashamed of the kind of election that we did.

    “I think it is a shame to the country and to those that were given that responsibility to do. They have Saturday as their last opportunity to try as much as possible to reclaim part of their embarrassment to the country.

    “How can a country like Nigeria have this type of election? Ghana has done it, Congo and Zimbabwe have done elections. And we say we do elections, with seven inconclusive. We did elections in 2015, we did it in 2011 and 1999 and after so many years, this is what we can produce.

    “It is not a loss to the PDP, it is to the country. It just showed the level of desperation. I have confidence that this will be shortlived and as such, let us ensure on Saturday, that these fives states that as ours remain within the PDP and INEC should for once do what is right”, Saraki said.

    Also speaking at the meeting, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, urged INEC to save the country the agony setting bad precedent for the country.

    Dogara said, “Elections are done all over the world, elections are conducted in Africa and at no time have we heard of these inconclusive elections in other jurisdictions. Ghana elections were held not long ago.

    “It will be very unfortunate if INEC, which is led by a first-class Professor set this very dangerous and unacceptable precedent in our political history. That I want them to take note of.

    “And also what has happened is pure evil, our consolation as members of this party is that evil does not last and no evil doer has ever escaped punishment.

    “If they do what others have done before, they will see what those who did evil saw. Definitely, they cannot escape from it. It’s a law of nature and in the scriptures of God, that whatever you sow so you shall reap.

    “This is also for those who believe in power for the sake of power, not because they want to empower people, not because they want to better the lives of our people.

    “There is also lessons they can learn from history. History is now replete with examples of all those who pursued power, for the sake of power. Their lives have always ended in semilar tragedy that awaits anyone who seeks power for the sake of power. We have seen that display in Nigeria.

    “For us as members of this party, I don’t want us to despair, even though we have inconclusive elections in some states. In five of those states, PDP clearly won the election in those states.

    “We will not despair, let us stand strong, let us face the rerun or supplementary elections as they called them. I sincerely believe that by the grace of God victory is ours and we will overcome.

    The PDP vice presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Mr Peter Obi, said besides blaming the INEC and the security agencies, the biggest shame goes to those who are directing them to do the wrong thing.

    Obi said, “If you choose to be a leader, especially with APC that claims integrity, the biggest corruption and the biggest show of a government that does not believe in integrity is to rig election. Because the process through which you come into office, is far more fundamental than what you do thereafter.

    “I think we should hold them responsible for what is happening in this country now. The examples we are setting for the young ones, I don’t know what they will tell a young man who is cheating in an examination in this country after seeing the ways our elections are conducted.

    “I don’t know what they will tell those who are robbing banks and kidnapping people, because we have seen the biggest of it by this election where people are happy after robbing the nation and their states.

    “The chairman said we will do a post mortem after the election. I thank the party, because it is the party that is going to court not just the presidential candidate going to court to challenge this rascality.

    “I as a person have always believed that the biggest enemy of freedom or progress are happy slaves. And thank God that this party has chosen this part, and we will all stand by it”.

  • Boycott stalls court proceedings

    The Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) order to lawyers to boycott courts nationwide from Tuesday, Jan. 29, was complied with in Ebonyi.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the NBA ordered its members nationwide to boycott the courts for two days to protest the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnogheni.

    When NAN visited some of the courts, most judges reported for duties, but when some cases were called, there were no legal representations and no reason was given for the absence of counsel.

    Lawyers deserted the Ebonyi High and Magistrates’ Courts, except for some judicial workers who were at their duty posts.

    However, visitors to the complex were thoroughly screened by its security personnel at the gate.

    Chairman of Abakaliki branch of the NBA, Mr Festus Nweke, said that the action was in compliance with the NBA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) directive on the matter.

    “The action taken by the Federal Government on Onnoghen is an invitation to anarchy as the government was not the appropriate body to discipline a judicial officer in Nigeria.

    “The courts will remain closed because the FG’s action is an aberration of the law that would not stand.

    “We do not want a lawless society and we are monitoring our members in Afikpo and other places to ensure total compliance to the directive,” he said.

    Chief Basil Njima, a political analyst, however, faulted the NBA’s decision, noting that no judicial officer is above the country’s laws.

    “Onnoghen erred in law having admitted that he forgot to declare over N1billion as assets and therefore cannot remain as the country’s chief judicial officer.

    “The Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) is the nation’s Chief Justice, so it is morally wrong for him to preside over his own case,” he said.

  • Ripples as APC goes into governorship primaries

    The mode of primary election adopted by the various state chapters has continued to raise concern as All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for the September 29 Governorship Primaries, reports Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu

    As All Progressives Congress (APC) put finishing touches to their preparations for Saturday, September 29 governorship primaries, there is concern over unresolved disagreements in some of the states over the kind of primary election that would be used, amongst other issues.

    Since the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) took the decision that state chapters are free to choose the mode of primaries that would suit it, there have been unending controversies as factions and different stakeholders in some of the states have continued to disagree over the right option. It would be recalled that the NEC of APC had given the state chapters three options to choose from. They include direct, indirect primary and consensus.

    In the latest move to resolve the disagreement, APC governors held a crucial meeting with the party’s national leadership at Imo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja on Wednesday this week. Explaining the resolve of the party on the matter after the meeting, the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, repeated his earlier position that state chapters have the freewill to adopt direct or indirect primaries. He however added a caveat, that that the process must be transparent.

    “I think my task and the task of the party is clear. We have a tradition as a progressive party, to submit ourselves to the dictates of our party and we believe in internal democracy because we are democrats and democracy must begin from within the house before we can do it outside.

    “That is why, like Governor Rochas Okorocha said, we are committed to transparent primaries and ensure that everyone who has interest in our party is happy.

    “We are happy at the level of enthusiasm, measured by the number of persons who have applied for various positions; it shows a huge number of Nigerians still prefer the All Progressives Congress as a more credible platform to contest.

    “Our task is very simple, obey the rules of the party, obey the rules of fairness, obey the rules of natural justice and that is what we mean when we talk about free and fair primaries.

    “Secondly, we have spoken on this before. It is not a new decision that our constitution consciously provided for flexibility. First, to reflect the diversity of our great country and also to try to give expression to the entire essence of federalism which allows different states to look at their own situation and advise the NWC as to what works better for them, provided that in all cases, the process is democratic, the rules are fair, the officiating officials are impartial.

    “All of us, governors, NWC and even (the) president, agreed that this is the way to go and that is what we are going to do.”

    Investigation conducted by The Nation during the week however shows that in spite of the seeming agreement over the position of the party’s constitution, some aspirants to either the governorship position or as federal or state lawmakers have alleged that the choice of the state chapter was nothing but a calculated move to scheme them out of the race.

    In Imo State for example, where the party leadership chose indirect option, some stakeholders said it was a scheme designed by Governor Rochas Okorocha’s loyalists to enthrone his choice of the party’s governorship ticket. They argued that indirect option is not only undemocratic but will also aid corruption and dictatorship.

    One of the most publicised critics of indirect primary option is the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani. He dismissed it as a corrupt mode.

    “If we fight corruption as a government and condone it as a party, we become ‘moral mullatoes’. Indirect primary is a breeding ground for corruption, an incubator for corruption and a crèche for corruption,” he had tweeted, soon after some state chapters announced their decision to adopt indirect option.

    However, in their reactions, most of the states that adopted indirect option said they choose it because of the obvious security and logistic challenges direct primary would entail, arguing that at a time like this, the concerned state chapters were not yet prepared for a direct primary, notwithstanding their admission that direct primary would allow the members to participate in a more democratic manner.

    Ironically, complaints against the choice of primary election so far adopted by states is not limited to indirect and consensus options, which are dismissed as undemocratic. We learnt that even in some states where direct primary option has been adopted, some stakeholders have lodged complaints against the decision.

    Commenting on the concern of observers, Dr. Samson Aboloma, a political analyst told The Nation that there is nothing unusual about the development, adding that such complaints against the options taken by the state chapters of APC are normal. “There is nothing strange about the development. This is concrete evidence of democracy at work. The point is that there is no singular option that cannot be faulted. There is also no option that cannot be used to get a good candidate. So, it is not just a case of the option but how far the operators are willing to be fair and transparent while organizing the primary election. As you must have heard, there are some states where direct primary option is chosen, yet some stakeholders see it as a move to outwit them in the race. My take on this is that if we are fair, transparent and democratic, we will get the best,” he said.

    Reports from our state correspondents also show that apart from the choice of primary election adopted, there are some other peculiar issues that would come at play when the various state chapters of All Progressives Congress file out to choose their governorship candidates.

    Already, the calibre of aspirants in the race for APC tickets, even in states that were before considered to be Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) strongholds, confirm that the APC contests are poised to be the most intriguing ahead the 2019 Elections.

  • Olanipekun faults NBA constitution amendment

    a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has faulted a move to amend association’s constitution before the expiration of the Abubakar Mahmud-led executive.

    In a letter to Mahmoud, which was copied to all past NBA presidents and General Secretaries, Olanipekun said the move to table the constitution at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) was contrary to an earlier agreement reached on the issue.

    According to him, it was agreed that the new executive would make further consultations on the constitution before its passage.

    The letter reads: “You would recall that at the last meeting of past Presidents and Secretaries of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) called at your instance at Fraser Suites, Abuja on Friday, July 20, 2018, you brought up, amongst others, your proposed amendments to the NBA constitution and apprised us of the far-reaching amendments being proposed by you on the eve of your departure, as the President of the foremost professional association in Nigeria.

    “After a very extensive discussion on your proposals, and considering the depth and implications of such amendments, the meeting advised that you should shelve and/or put the proposals on hold, and allow your successor-in-office do further consultations on them, both at the National Executive Committee (NEC) and general levels and platforms, in order to adequately weigh the pros and cons of the proposed amendments before passing same.

    “It was on this note that the meeting closed, and you did not disagree with the wise counsel.

    “Surprisingly, a notice or plan/intention to amend our constitution, as proposed and tabled by you at the meeting has now been sent out, and I must confess, I am in receipt of same, to the effect that the proposed amendments will be presented at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NBA.

    “I am taken aback by this development, and I kept on wondering why you ever brought up the topic at our meeting of Friday, 20th July, 2018, if you knew you would not respect our opinion.

    “Mr. President, you have not been fair to us, to put it mildly. As a person, I protest this attitude and action of yours. Needless reminding you, Mr President that the same meeting resolved a lot of burning issues to your advantage and satisfaction.

    “As agreed at the said meeting Mr. President, may I again advise and counsel that you put on hold the proposed constitutional amend-ments.

    “No one possesses the monopoly of wisdom, and it is only courteous that you also respect the objections raised to some of your amendments at the meeting, despite the fact that some of us saw the proposals for the first time just at the meeting.

    “No leader, however brilliant, industrious, good-intentioned or pragmatic can ever resolve all the problems of his association, society or country in his life time or within his tenure.

    “You cannot be an exemption. Please let us learn from history; and be reminded that amendments to the NBA constitution should no longer be randomly done.

    “I dare say that the proposed amendments, in some material particulars, will turn out to be an ill-wind, which will bring or blow in no fresh breath.

    “You are advised not to force the amendments on our beloved association at the AGM, which, with much respect, might be constituted in such a way that the attendees would not readily understand or appreciate the unending conundrum we will be plunged into if the amendments sail through.

    “And in case you insist on going ahead to present the amendments at the AGM, can you be gracious enough, as a lawyer and leader, to circulate this letter of mine to the AGM?”

    In a chat with The Nation, Chief Olanipekun, who spoke from abroad, emphasised that it was not every NBA president or administration that must amend the NBA constitution.

    He noted that it was the amendments made by the Augustine Alegeh led administration at the twilight of his administration that is causing the crises in most NBA branches.

    “Let Mahmoud conduct election and hand over to a successor who will continue from where he stops. No leader solves all the problems of his people. Leadership is continuum,” Olanipekun said.

  • Buhari to chair APC NEC meeting

    Buhari to chair APC NEC meeting

    President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to chair the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting coming up on Tuesday ahead of the party´s National Convention slated for Abuja.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governors elected on APC platform, members of party’s Board of Trustee and National Working Committee (NWC) members among others.

    The meeting will also discuss national issues, the crisis within the party and take a decision on when its National Convention would hold.

    The national convention usually provides an avenue for the party to ratify its policies and programmes; elect or remove members of its NWC and amend its constitution if need be among other things.

    Source at the APC national secretariat said that the tenure of the present APC John Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC will expire in June, adding that new members would be elected at the party’s national convention slated for July.

    He said there were issues on whether the Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC should continue or be replaced.

    NAN reports that APC has been unable to hold the mandatory bi-annual non-elective convention since 2014 as stipulated in its constitution.

    The constitution makes it mandatory for the party to hold a bi-annual national convention to review party affairs and make necessary adjustments, where necessary.

    Article 25 (A)(i) of the APC Constitution specifically stipulates that the national convention of the party shall be held once in two years at a date, venue and time to be recommended by its NEC.

    The constitution further states that the date for the national convention must be approved by the party´s NEC, subject to the statutory notices given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    At least 14-day notice will be given to eligible members to attend.

    Security operatives were seen around the APC National Secretariat carrying out surveillance around the premises ahead of Tuesday’s meeting.

     

  • Keeping APC united

    Prior to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last Tuesday, it was difficult for many political watchers to predict how the party will stand at the end of the meeting.

    With the scenario that played out before the meeting,  many had feared that the party may come out of the meeting more divided with the centre unable to hold the various units together.

    One of the scenarios was the series of protest marches at the party’s national secretariat, demanding the sack of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party headed by its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

    The members of the Save APC and Democracy Youth Vanguard, who stormed the Secretariat with various placards, had caused a gridlock disrupting free flow of vehicular and human movements.

    The angry youths had demanded the audit of the party’s books and the cancellation of the non-elective convention.

    They also wanted changes in the party to boost its full support for the anti-corruption fight of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

    Peter Oyewole, who was the leader of the group, had said: “Since 2015, the budget of APC has not been made public. Since 2015, the ruling party has not held a single meeting.

    “These are enough to remove the National Chairman. We demand the removal of Oyegun now. We are also saying enough is enough to imposition of candidates at all levels by Oyegun-led NWC.

    “Because in any party where there is imposition, there cannot be fairness. Any party where there is imposition, there cannot be equity. The imposition in APC today is just rubbishing the anti-corruption war of President Buhari.

    “If Odigie-Oyegun is not removed within the next one month, the APC youths will picket this national secretariat and make it a no-go area to everybody. The staff, the officials and even the security staff will be chased out of the Secretariat and none of them will be allowed to come in here.”

    “The man (Oyegun) cannot manage success. Since 2015 that the APC won the presidential election, tell me a single NEC meeting that has been held? This man cannot galvanise support for the President.

    “What we are saying is that if Oyegun continues like this we are going to have imposition at all levels in APC come 2019. This is a democracy whereby many wings can grow up to push for the interest of many.” he added

    Another youth’s group within the party, named APC Youths Solidarity Forum said the party should find ways of improving its finances and should address the anxieties being felt by various party stalwarts.

    According to a letter to the President, signed by the forum’s convener,  Danesi Momoh Prince, he called for strengthening of the APC, noting that  it remains the only legitimate platform to obtain political power in the country.

    He said: “The President needs to take more than a passing interest in the activities of the party and ensure that the party is supreme. There have been alleged schemes to remove the party’s national chairman from office because of his perceived loyalty to Mr. President.

    “The alleged plot is aimed at achieving sinister political ends in the lead up to the 2019 general elections. If the plan succeeds, it will allow the sponsors install their stooges and hijack the party in the lead up to the election. This is a red flag that the President must take seriously and thwart.”

    On appointments, he said: “Many Federal Government boards, agencies and parastatals appointees who were put in office by the immediate-past administration are still in office. They are not loyal to the APC which they feel had no hand in their emergence.

    “There is need to quickly review these appointments and replace them with qualified APC members. Vacant positions should thereafter be quickly filled with APC members who feel frustrated because they seem not to have benefited from the victory of their party.” he stated

    But the intervention of President Buhari and founding fathers of the party was able to calm down the tension in the party.

    The National Leader of the APC and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had met behind closed door at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the President last week Monday evening.

    Tinubu in the night of the same day along with Chief Bisi Akande also attended the APC caucus meeting with the President at the Aso Rock.

    Tinubu told journalists after the closed door meeting “In the journey of democracy you are going to have twists and turns, you are going to have conflicts.

    “Conflicts resolution mechanisms is inbuilt on how you handle your party and the governance and the party are joined by the hips.” he said

    On whether the APC was still on course, Tinubu said “Can you go back to the history of 16  years of the PDP? APC government is on course and will remain on course and we will remain focused to those necessary things about development, welfare and progress of our people.

    “Its not easy to face the challenges and the well that was dug, sinkhole that we inherited. But we are sorting that one out gradually so few steps we will find happiness and development in the future of our country,” he stated

    Earlier in the afternoon, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Nigerian Governors Forum Chairman and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari and Odigie-Oyegun had also met behind closed doors with the President in Aso Rock.

    The APC caucus on that Monday night passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the party.

    Yari said, “This meeting shows our unity in the party, shows our strength and our commitment to the party and to Nigerians.”

    On his part, Senator Bukar Abba-Ibrahim, said that the outcome of the meeting, dismissed the speculation that it was convened to remove the leadership of the APC.

    He said: “You remember, you saw it in some of the newspapers. That our crises had deepened, APC is going to break, there is a plan to kick out our national chairman – none of these things happened.

    “It is a big family reunion and we are all happy and this party is going to dominate the Nigerian political space for a very long time to come. I don’t want to predict any number of years.’” he said  ’

    All the series of meetings leading to the caucus meeting resulted in no small measure to the smooth NEC meeting recorded on Tuesday.

    Not only was it hitch-free, most governors and other party chieftains backed President Muhammadu Buhari candidature in the 2019 presidential election even as the NEC ruled out automatic ticket for any candidate.

    The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi had said that the only motion taken was to pass a vote of confidence on the President.

    On aggrieved members, Dogara had said: “I don’t think that you can find any family that is as large as the APC family without some squabbles. No such family exists in the whole world and if there are disagreements, they are okay because without disagreements, you cannot even move forward.”

    The President at the NEC meeting had said “If we keep united and rise above petty or personal quarrels we will surely achieve the desired CHANGE in the country.”

    The Senate President Bukola Saraki after the President’s dinner for National Assembly leadership last Tuesday night also pledged the cooperation of the National Assembly for the executive towards better administration of the country.

    He said “The meeting was to welcome him to show our gratitude that he has come back healthy and continue to assure him that we will continue to cooperate with the executive and also to acknowledge the role we played while he was away that brought stability.

    “We thank all the members for the patriotic approach they handled the administration’s affairs in his absence,’’ he said.

    It is hoped that the new harmony in the ruling party will stand the test of time and go beyond the 2019 general elections.

    Also, cooperation between the executive arm of government and the National Assembly will go a long way in meeting the yearnings of the people and achieving sustainable development in the country.

     

  • APC postpones national caucus, NEC meeting

    APC postpones national caucus, NEC meeting

    The National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for April 24 and 25, 2017 respectively have been postponed.

    This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.

    According to Abdullahi in the statement, ‘”he postponement is due to unexpected developments.”

    “New dates for the meetings will be communicated in due course,” he summed.