The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Tuesday reeled out electoral offences and penalties and sought support of traditional rulers in educating their subjects to be law-abiding.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State on Tuesday reeled out electoral offences and penalties and sought the support of traditional rulers in educating their subjects to be law-abiding.
“Every Nigerian with a valid voter’s card is eligible to vote in an election. However, he/she must do so in accordance with the relevant rules guiding the electoral process. He said that apart from providing spiritual leadership to their various kingdoms, traditional rulers had the responsibility to always ensure that there was peaceful co-existence among their subjects.
” Furthermore, our royal fathers must continue to use their strategic positions to render useful advice to the Political Party leaders and contestants to change their “win at all cost” attitudes to good conduct in politics as the General Election draws nearer. The INEC boss, who noted that 1,028,502 PVCs had yet to be collected by their owners in the state, urged all registered voters to collect their cards before the end of the collection exercise on Feb. 5.
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