President Jonathan 2015: Jonathan to decide ON November 11

Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of the committee's inaugural meeting at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Friday, Dr Haliru said the venue of the formal declaration would be decided at the next meeting of the committee.

He 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 honest hope that he will come out and say yes to the demand of multitude of Nigerians.

"We expect he will say yes but we cannot say yes for him. We will wait for him to speak. http://allafrica.com/stories/201410270321.html

"The date that is fixed is Tuesday, November 11. On that day, there will be a forum for the President to meet Nigerians to announce his decision.