Elections: Responding to security concerns, urges Situation Room in Buhari
Nigeria's Civil Society Situation Room has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Ret'd) to urgently convene a meeting with service chiefs to address security concerns .
Situation Room, in a statement signed by its organizer, Ene Obi, on Friday, while welcoming the expansion of the collection of permanent voter cards, however expressed concern that security agencies have yet sufficiently dissipated security concerns across the country.
Obi therefore called on the federal government and Buhari to convene the service chiefs and deliberate on security, in order to fulfill his promise to hold the elections as scheduled.
The group said, "Aware of the statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the position of the federal government remains that the 2023 general elections will be held as scheduled, Situation Room therefore calls on President Muhammadu Buhari and heads of departments meet urgently to address these security issues.
“This will assure Nigerians that they are living up to their mandate to ensure the safety of lives and property across the country, and that there will also be no interference with the elections of 2023 as planned as Nigerians will not accept any attempt to scuttle the conduct of the general elections.
The group also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to intensify its training of ad hoc staff, particularly in the use of the bimodal voter accreditation system, adding that INEC must also continue education and voter education to discourage the buying and selling of votes. , as seen in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun elections.
Citing complaints from Nigerians about arduous collection processes at some ward collection centers, Situation Room called on INEC to extend ward-level collection until February 23, 2023, to enable more people to easily collect their PVCs and deploy more staff to service centers to facilitate the distribution of PVCs and speed up the process.
The group also urged the CENI to do everything in its power to ensure the smooth running of the elections, while urging registered voters to pick up their PVCs ahead of the general elections.
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Nigeria's Civil Society Situation Room has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Ret'd) to urgently convene a meeting with service chiefs to address security concerns .
Situation Room, in a statement signed by its organizer, Ene Obi, on Friday, while welcoming the expansion of the collection of permanent voter cards, however expressed concern that security agencies have yet sufficiently dissipated security concerns across the country.
Obi therefore called on the federal government and Buhari to convene the service chiefs and deliberate on security, in order to fulfill his promise to hold the elections as scheduled.
The group said, "Aware of the statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the position of the federal government remains that the 2023 general elections will be held as scheduled, Situation Room therefore calls on President Muhammadu Buhari and heads of departments meet urgently to address these security issues.
“This will assure Nigerians that they are living up to their mandate to ensure the safety of lives and property across the country, and that there will also be no interference with the elections of 2023 as planned as Nigerians will not accept any attempt to scuttle the conduct of the general elections.
The group also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to intensify its training of ad hoc staff, particularly in the use of the bimodal voter accreditation system, adding that INEC must also continue education and voter education to discourage the buying and selling of votes. , as seen in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun elections.
Citing complaints from Nigerians about arduous collection processes at some ward collection centers, Situation Room called on INEC to extend ward-level collection until February 23, 2023, to enable more people to easily collect their PVCs and deploy more staff to service centers to facilitate the distribution of PVCs and speed up the process.
The group also urged the CENI to do everything in its power to ensure the smooth running of the elections, while urging registered voters to pick up their PVCs ahead of the general elections.
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