United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has said the future of the country depends on the forth-coming general elections.
The envoy, however, urged the institutions of government to promote credible and peaceful polls.
Symington made this known after meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state at Government House, Port Harcourt.
According to him, “All of the institutions of government must do what is right. Election is not a matter of life and death.
It is a matter of defining the future of Nigeria. There must be free, fair and credible elections.”
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The envoy said the idea of a free people with the ability to make free decisions remains the most important idea in the world.
In his words, “I am quite confident that on election day, the sons and daughters of the powerful would not be out there causing violence.”
Symington urged the people to have the courage to reject any call for them to engage in violence during the elections.
On the campaigns, he charged the electorate to always ask their political leaders to outline ways through which they would actualise their promises to them.
The US envoy said President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, believe in the votes of the people making a difference during elections.