The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared that the President, Muhammadu Buhari will maintain the introduction of the bi-modal voter accreditation system for credible, fair, and transparent elections in 2023.
This was announced on Tuesday by the President’s Special Advisor for Media and Public Relations, Femi Adesina, as she delivered her goodwill message on the theme “Media, Civil Society and Violence” on the Day. 2022 International Conference to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists – Free Elections in Nigeria.
Adesina was thus responding to the recent alarm from some civil society organizations and the spokesman of the United Political Parties Coalition, Ikenga Ugochinyere, regarding the plans of some political actors to recall the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, through the National Assembly and BVAS for the 2023 election also to deactivate and finally stop the electronic transmission of results.
The SA said: ‘How many times has the President spoken about the role of technology in bringing him to power? He has spoken locally and internationally of appealing three times and ending up in the Supreme Court three times because the government at the time wrote down the results and never voted.
“He (Buhari) said that until technology came along and there was permanent voter identification, it was difficult to write down the results. So how can this same person now have problems with BVAS? »
However, Adesina urged the media to trumpet Buhari’s promises of a free, fair, and credible election and ignore those who seek to confuse the 2023 general election.
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Meanwhile, while speaking at the same event, Federation Attorney General and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN) said Buhari’s government was determined to end undemocratic and undemocratic activities. civilized in the country.
Malami reiterated his call for those still involved in the campaign to recognize the fact that political activity is controlled by the provisions of the electoral law.
The AGF said: “It is important to note that recent developments in Nigeria have demonstrated that the Federal Government has commendable initiatives to end impunity for crimes against Nigerian citizens.
“The Committee to Protect Journalists report says Nigeria was the only country to be removed from the Index of Nations with impunity in 2020 for crimes against journalists. Also a guest of honor and governor of the state of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, represented by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Lawan Abdullahi, noted that “the peaceful outcome of the general elections of 2023 is in the hands of the media. . ”
The president of INEC, also represented by a national commissioner, Mohammed Haruna, said: “We must remember that, regardless of our profession, religion or ethnicity, we are all actors of peace and progress in the country…
