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Groups canvass violence-free election
"2016 - New Panama Papers series exposes secret deals in Africa"
By Seye Olumide and Tobi Awodipe
15 February 2019 | 2:43 am
Former National Women Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on Nigerians to eschew violence and vote according to their conscience, in the presidential and National Assembly elections to hold tomorrow.
Aliyu specifically said tomorrow’s presidential election has a lot to do with the future of the country and it is therefore important for every Nigerian not only to participate but also ensure that the process is violence free.
Speaking during a Road Show organized in Abuja recently, Aliyu said voting right tomorrow would consolidate the future of the country and also push Nigeria to the greater height.
Meanwhile, some socio-cultural organisations comprising Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Coalition of Progressives (MCOP), Niger Delta Alliance for Justice (NDAJ) and Oodua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) have urged the electorate to be vigilant as they go to the poll tomorrow.
While addressing the media in Lagos on Wednesday, the group said Nigerians should bear in mind as they cast their votes that the country is bigger than individuals and parochial ambition.
Speaking on behalf of the group, General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okechukwu, said Nigeria stands a better chance of progressing and developing if Nigerians get it right in tomorrow’s presidential poll.Prominent among members of the coalition was Prince Tajudeen Olusi, a member of Lagos APC Governors Advisory Council (GAC) who represented Afenifere, Yoweris Briggs for NDAJ and Chief Babafemi Ajayi for ONAC.
In another development, WOMEN Radio 91.7, with support on UN Women Nigeria, has engaged key stakeholders in Oyo State to ensure women exercise their civic rights in a peaceful and non-violent atmosphere tomorrow.Making the call in Ibadan recently, MD, Women Radio 91.7, Toun Okerewale Sonaiya, advocated t for a non-violent election that will be detrimental against the interest of women.
She appealed to Oba Saliu Akanmu Olasupo Adetunji to admonish women to come out and vote and for men to create an enabling, peaceful and non-violent environment to allow their wives, daughters, mothers and sisters to go out enmasse to vote.
However, the monarch expressed optimism that tomorrow’s election and March 2 gubernatorial poll would be peaceful.In his remarks, Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Sheikh Alhaji AbdulGaniyy Abubakri Agbotomokekere, said women should not shy away from voting but must avoid election violence. He assured that messages of peace be preached across all mosques in the state.
https://guardian.ng/politics/groups-canvass-violence-free-election/
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Nigerians and the politics of endorsements
By Kehinde Olatunji
15 February 2019 | 2:20 am
Leader of the delegation Electoral Institute of South Africa (EISA) former President of Zambia, Rupia Banda; Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
Professor Mahmood Yakubu and National Commissioner Mustapha Lekki, during EISA 2019 general election observer’s visit
to INEC in Abuja. PHOTO LUCY LADIDI ELUKPO.
Months and weeks to the presidential election, the polity has been bombarded with news of political endorsements from political parties, civic groups, socio-cultural groups, and even individuals who believe they have a modicum of influence in the country.
[...to end...]
Apart from the fact that these endorsers represent the same unhealthy sectional interests, thereby inadvertently deepening the level of divisiveness in the country, their intervention now only goes on to show their individual and pecuniary motivations.“By the very virtue of the attainment of most of them, they should stand in no other position but as the conscience of the nation, not found in partisanship but working with all sections of leadership to build a formidable country.”
Adedokun described the endorsement as a continuation of the pretentious leadership that Nigeria has suffered in past years. “It is a lie that takes no candidate anywhere, does not factor in the sentiments, biases and idiosyncrasies of the nation’s young population but continues to entrench the same sectional emotions that hold the country down.”
Also, presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore said he does not believe in the politics of endorsement, saying that the only endorsement that matters is of the people.“We are the voice of the Nigerian people, and the only organic platform that will represent the interest of the Nigerian masses,” he had said.
https://guardian.ng/politics/nigerians-and-the-politics-of-endorsements/
"2016 - New Panama Papers series exposes secret deals in Africa"
By Seye Olumide and Tobi Awodipe
15 February 2019 | 2:43 am
Former National Women Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on Nigerians to eschew violence and vote according to their conscience, in the presidential and National Assembly elections to hold tomorrow.
Aliyu specifically said tomorrow’s presidential election has a lot to do with the future of the country and it is therefore important for every Nigerian not only to participate but also ensure that the process is violence free.
Speaking during a Road Show organized in Abuja recently, Aliyu said voting right tomorrow would consolidate the future of the country and also push Nigeria to the greater height.
Meanwhile, some socio-cultural organisations comprising Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Coalition of Progressives (MCOP), Niger Delta Alliance for Justice (NDAJ) and Oodua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) have urged the electorate to be vigilant as they go to the poll tomorrow.
While addressing the media in Lagos on Wednesday, the group said Nigerians should bear in mind as they cast their votes that the country is bigger than individuals and parochial ambition.
Speaking on behalf of the group, General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okechukwu, said Nigeria stands a better chance of progressing and developing if Nigerians get it right in tomorrow’s presidential poll.Prominent among members of the coalition was Prince Tajudeen Olusi, a member of Lagos APC Governors Advisory Council (GAC) who represented Afenifere, Yoweris Briggs for NDAJ and Chief Babafemi Ajayi for ONAC.
In another development, WOMEN Radio 91.7, with support on UN Women Nigeria, has engaged key stakeholders in Oyo State to ensure women exercise their civic rights in a peaceful and non-violent atmosphere tomorrow.Making the call in Ibadan recently, MD, Women Radio 91.7, Toun Okerewale Sonaiya, advocated t for a non-violent election that will be detrimental against the interest of women.
She appealed to Oba Saliu Akanmu Olasupo Adetunji to admonish women to come out and vote and for men to create an enabling, peaceful and non-violent environment to allow their wives, daughters, mothers and sisters to go out enmasse to vote.
However, the monarch expressed optimism that tomorrow’s election and March 2 gubernatorial poll would be peaceful.In his remarks, Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Sheikh Alhaji AbdulGaniyy Abubakri Agbotomokekere, said women should not shy away from voting but must avoid election violence. He assured that messages of peace be preached across all mosques in the state.
https://guardian.ng/politics/groups-canvass-violence-free-election/
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Nigerians and the politics of endorsements
By Kehinde Olatunji
15 February 2019 | 2:20 am
Leader of the delegation Electoral Institute of South Africa (EISA) former President of Zambia, Rupia Banda; Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
Professor Mahmood Yakubu and National Commissioner Mustapha Lekki, during EISA 2019 general election observer’s visit
to INEC in Abuja. PHOTO LUCY LADIDI ELUKPO.
Months and weeks to the presidential election, the polity has been bombarded with news of political endorsements from political parties, civic groups, socio-cultural groups, and even individuals who believe they have a modicum of influence in the country.
[...to end...]
Apart from the fact that these endorsers represent the same unhealthy sectional interests, thereby inadvertently deepening the level of divisiveness in the country, their intervention now only goes on to show their individual and pecuniary motivations.“By the very virtue of the attainment of most of them, they should stand in no other position but as the conscience of the nation, not found in partisanship but working with all sections of leadership to build a formidable country.”
Adedokun described the endorsement as a continuation of the pretentious leadership that Nigeria has suffered in past years. “It is a lie that takes no candidate anywhere, does not factor in the sentiments, biases and idiosyncrasies of the nation’s young population but continues to entrench the same sectional emotions that hold the country down.”
Also, presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore said he does not believe in the politics of endorsement, saying that the only endorsement that matters is of the people.“We are the voice of the Nigerian people, and the only organic platform that will represent the interest of the Nigerian masses,” he had said.
https://guardian.ng/politics/nigerians-and-the-politics-of-endorsements/
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