The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that there is no plan to postpone the election.
He said that the timetable for the election stands as the Commission presents a clean voter register of 93,469,008 to political parties.
Section 10 sub section 6 of the newly enacted Electoral Act mandates INEC to present a clean register of would be voters to political parties well ahead of any election.
It is in fulfillment of this provision that INEC met with representatives of political parties. Nigeria now has 93,469,008 registered voters.
Lagos State takes the lead with 7,060,195 and it is followed by Kano with 5,931,370, while Kaduna is just behind with 4,335,208 registered voters.
In the last 48 hours, INEC has been at the center of discussions regarding its fears that rising in security may compel a shift in between 20 general election, which is about six weeks away. This has generated widespread reactions even from the government of the day which insists nothing should jeopardise the elections.
According to Yakubu “The repeated assurance by the security agencies for the adequate protection of personnel, materials and processes also reinforces our determination to proceed.
“The 2023 general election will hold as scheduled.
Political parties applauded the efforts of the Commission so far and promise their continued support towards achieving set goals.
The cost is getting clearer. With eleven out of the 14 scheduled activities of INEC for the 220 and 1003 elections now executed, Nigeria now has over 93 million registered voters, as attention shifts to PVC collection, which is later to end on the 22nd of this month.
Political Affairs Analyst, Michael Oluwagbemi says it is very worrisome when any infrastructure of democracy or even infrastructure of state, anything that makes us a modern government state is attacked.
He stated that giving in to cancellation of the election will mean allowing terrorists to win
“You do not back down in the face of terrorism attack on democracy but press forward.
He added that the reason why these terrorists keep attacking the infrastructure of democracy is because they know that democracy strengthens Nigeria.
“We should continue to press forward to deliver an election across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, regardless of the attack of the enemy and the attack of the terrorists. We should not give in to terrorism.
“Too many people died, too many people suffered to give us this democracy, and we cannot take it for granted.
“We must continue to press forward and deliver an election in February 2023, as well as March 2023 for the gubernatorial elections all across Nigeria. This is the determination of the government and INEC
Speaking further, Mr Oluwagbemi noted that it’s very important that Nigerians have the same psyche as a government as we have to understand first and foremost that we are in the fight of our life against the terrorists, against enemies of Nigeria,and we must join Is with our governments to root them out from any way they can be found.
He added that as Nigerians, we have a lot to contribute, not to create a general feeling or psyche or fear, because when terrorists attack you, they’re not attacking you just to claim casualties or they’re trying to impact the psyche of the citizens.
Nigerian leaders should be out there boosting the morale of the Nigerian people, regardless.
Mr Oluwagbemi said terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many countries of the world are also facing issues of terrorism.
” Terrorists and criminals, will continue to be among us, but we cannot give in to them. We must continue to push forward as a people and insist that we are going to not let any diversified democracy to fall just because we are under the threat of terrorism.
Speaking on the 93 million Nigerians who have registered to vote, Mr Oluwagbemi said this shows Nigerians still have confidence in the process
“If Nigerians do not believe that democracy is working and our electoral laws, at least has improved over the number of years, then there will not be an increased number of people registering for elections.
He said the increment in the number of people registering for an election is a boost, an indication of an increase in the confidence of the Nigerian people in democracy which is a good thing.
“If we all work together as a people of Nigeria, there’s nothing the Nigerian mind or Nigerian hand cannot do.
“INEC will be able to deliver an election in 2023 as they’ve done in 2019 and 2015.
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