Eminent Nigerians: Candidates Yet to Explain How They Will Tackle Nigeria’s Challenges *Elections must hold, northern elders insist as INEC pledges not to postpone polls *Reveals over 70% of non-sensitive materials deployed *US gov
*Reveals over 70% of non-sensitive materials deployedSunday Aborisade in Abuja
The presidential candidates including, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress; Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, could not attend the event physically, but they sent in a five -minute video recording each of what they wanted to achieve in their first 100 days in office.
“Candidates should tell us what they would do with the available resources to solve the problems within their first 100 days in office.” In his contribution, Enahoro noted that the National Assembly and other institutions currently in place if not restructured would easily frustrate any government from performing.
He said, “A relatively small group of professional political elite have been running the affairs of the Nation, mainly freely between two major political parties with no specific ideological identity but mainly structures for capturing power for rather selfish personal and group interests. A former Minister of State for Defence, Mallam Lawal Batagarawa, however caused a stir at the event when he expressed doubts about the possibility of having a peaceful election based on the current insecurity and economic crises confronting the country.
Baba-Ahmed said, ” Election must hold. From the way things are, it is not funny. Nigeria must have elections in February and March. “There is nothing to provoke them. You cannot have a credible election in a problematic and angry environment. Government cannot just sit back and watch these problems accumulating in a manner that it is threatening the conduct of the elections.”
“We will not tolerate anybody who causes problems because he does not accept that he had contested and lost a contest in a democratic setting,” he said. “The Commission is preparing and preparing very well for this election. Our mandate and our remit is to organise, undertake and supervise elections. And that is exactly what we are doing and what we are going to do,
“We recognise the fact that security is a huge challenge and a huge concern both to election workers, to the Nigerian people and also to the Commission. She said, “I will start by expressing clearly my government’s view on the important elections that are our focus today: Furthermore, the envoy said: “We saw INEC’s capabilities on display during successfully concluded off-cycle elections in Ekiti and Osun, and we look forward to seeing that success extended nationwide during the February and March general elections.
“The candidates will soon have another opportunity to affirm their commitment to the democratic process, by signing the pre-election day peace accord, and accepting the results of the February 25 election. “Visa records are confidential, so we don’t announce the identities of those subject to visa sanctions. But I can tell you I am personally aware of people whose travel to the US was blocked on these grounds.“Politicians and candidates have every right to challenge their opponents’ stance on issues, but the use of inflammatory rhetoric and intimidation, and irresponsible incitements to violence, are extremely harmful to the country and to public faith in elections.
“In many political races, voting outcomes are really tough to predict and the very unexpected happens on Election Day.
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