2023: I Will Deploy Spiritual, Physical Powers Against Electoral Offenders –
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Anambra state, Dr Elizabeth Agwu has vowed to deploy spiritual and physical powers to make sure that anyone involved in electoral malpractice in the 2023 general in the State did not go unpunished.
The INEC boss who spoke in a meeting with major stakeholders in the state towards making sure that voters were properly mobilised to participate in the poll, however, assured that the Commission was committed to providing equal opportunities to all political parties and their candidates to test their popularity among the voters.
“I am ready to die if that is what is required of me to make sure that we conducted this coming elections in a most credible, transparent and acceptable manner; I have been a pastor for 22 years; I have been assured that if I die, I have my place in Heaven, so I am not afraid of death anymore”, she stated.
She decried the reluctance of some registered voters in the state to go for collection of their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, stating for instance that there were over 7,000 uncollected PVCs Njikoka local government area alone adding that a similar situation obtained in most other 20 local government areas in the state.
She pleaded with the stakeholders which included representatives of the state traditional rulers council, religious organizations ( Christians and Muslims), students Union, political party leaders, National Orientation Agency, National Youth Service Corp, transport unions, civil society organisations, Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, etc, to assist in mobilising the voters to go and collect their PVCs promising that their offices at the various local governments would be open 24 hours from Monday to Friday.
The All Progressive Congress (APC), Jigawa State Chapter has presented flags to its candidates contesting for various elective positions.
The party presented the flags during the flagging off of its state zonal campaign held in Gumel city.
Speaking, Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar who is also the chairman of the State APC campaign council for 2023 general elections, said the party is the only platform that is trusted by the good people of Jigawa State.
He said between 2015 to
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has flagged-off campaign for the gubernatorial, State and National Assembly election in Gaya Emirate, Gaya town of Kano South Senatorial District.
After listing many reasons why the gubernatorial candidate and the deputy gubernatorial candidate are the most date, APC has executed numerous projects and programmes that positively touched the lives of Jigawa people and also improved their social and economic wellbeing.
“We fulfilled all our campaign promises as there is no community in the state that did not enjoy one or more capital projects by the APC led State government.
“We have a legacy in the state, and I am assuring the people of the state that if they re-elected the party candidates at all levels, I am assuring you that our candidates will continue from where I stop at all aspects,” Badaru stated. qualified for the job, Ganduje challenged other opposition parties to present similar contestants in the race.
“Our gubernatorial candidate Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has a political history similar to mine. He was local government chairman of the most populous local government in Nigeria, Nassarawa Local Government and he was Commissioner of Agriculture, among other things.