- Nigerians have been urged not to be deterred by the postponement of the 2019 general elections
- The call was made on Sunday, February 17, by the president of an NGO, Conversations for Change, Dr Kechi Ogbuagu
- Ogbuagu advised Nigerians to vote on the presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Saturday, February 23
Dr Kechi Ogbuagu, president of Conversations for Change (C4C), an NGO, has urged Nigerians not to be deterred by the postponement of the 2019 general elections, but vote on Saturday, February 23, to avoid voter apathy.
Ogbuagu, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Sunday, February 17, said that the postponement of the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections was unexpected.
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Legit.ng gathers that she, however, decried the attitude of some Nigerians who she said usually abstain from voting during election, reminding them that such attitude would not promote democratic growth and the development of the country.
Ogbuagu said: “Nigerians need to come out enmasse and cast their votes for candidates to enable them choose leaders of their choice.
“Voting is the only power you have to enthrone good leaders and bring about good governance in the country.
“Not voting can have negative impact because your vote will not count; so you must come out and cast your vote to move the nation forward.
“If that is done, it will become easy to follow up electoral processes and also if election has been rigged or not."
The president of the NGO described voting as the fundamental right of every citizen from 18 years and above.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a security expert, retired Group Captain John Ojikutu, expressed displeasure over the postponement of the 2019 general elections, saying 60% of Independent National Electoral Commission staff that superintended the past elections which were equally postponed might still be in the system.
Ojikutu said from 2011, 2015 and 2019, the reasons for rescheduling of elections had always been logistics.
The security expert said: “It is high time they were identified and weeded out of the system.
“It has always been logistics problems since I can remember way back in 2011 when Jega came on board. Has INEC learnt any lessons from the experiences of the past including the 2015 experiences?
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“There could still be no less than 60% of these in the systems; Who are those that were managing the INEC logistics in the past and how many of them are still in the process? Are there any intelligence about any from the experience of the past? What has INEC done to attend to these experiences?"
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