Jonathan, Governors And Security Chiefs Will Meet Thursday For Emergency Meeting.

An enlarged meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) scheduled for 4.00pm today has been postponed till tomorrow, Daily Trust reports. Nigerian soldiers guard 'Id al-Fitr prayers at Ramat Square in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Aug. 8, 2013. Photo: Sunday Alamba / AP President Goodluck Jonathan will meet with security chief and 36 state governors to discuss the continuing insecurity in some parts of the country and decide on the extension of emergency rule in three northern states. A source in the presidency disclosed to Daily Trust that the meeting was rescheduled for 12.00 tomorrow. The presidency will later today officially explain reasons for the decision, the source added. This meeting follows the one held last Thursday. The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was not in attendance as they were allegedly told that the meeting had been cancelled. A source in the presidency told Punch on Tuesday that the politicians would review latest incidents, namely the abduction of some 200 girls in Chinok, Borno State, and the deadly explosion in Nyanya bus park in Abuja. The source said the NSC might take a position on the emergency rule in the north-east states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The emergency rule had been declared in May last year as part of government efforts to tackle the violent activities of Boko Haram insurgents. It was extended for another six month in November and is to expire next month. However, politicians are divided over the need to extend the emergency rule again. Governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe), and Kashim Shettima (Borno) are among those opposing the idea. President Jonathan had not taken any decision on the matter yet, another source in the presidency told Punch. "The President is committed to listening to the views of all stakeholders before a decision that will be acceptable to all will be taken and that was one of the reasons he insisted at the Thursday meeting with the PDP governors that their APC counterparts must be given the opportunity to be part of the meeting," said the source.