A pro-North group, the Coalition for Northern Groups (CNG), has warned that except pressing measures were taken, there was chance of voter apathy in the Northern a part of the country during the 2023 general elections.
Addressing reporters, on Monday, in Kano State, spokesman of CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said that the group’s observations indicated that there might be decrease participation in the ongoing replace of voter registration in the North in comparison to different components of the country.
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This, the group said, was not unconnected to the massive sadness of Northerners in the management of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group also said that the final results of the primaries particularly in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the principle competition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had in addition driven a big percent of northerners to a role of worrying little approximately who emerges winner in the 2023 election with the ‘monetisation’ of the process.
The group, however, charged northerners now no longer to be discouraged with the flip of occasions however to hugely sign in for their “Permanent Voter Cards because the best certain manner of making sure management a good way to cope with our limitations.”
It additionally “remind the northern voter to be vigilante with the path of his vote casting via way of means of refusing to be pinned to political celebration specifics and opt for applicants with stated credibility, competence, capability and with the antecedent of expressly figuring out with their issues round security, the financial system and education.”
The group also demanded for a “thorough research into whether or not election investment in current number one elections through events accompanied the prescribed protocols as indicated IN the Electoral Act” and additionally demanded for “an enquiry into the quantity to which adherence or in any other case to the electoral tips contributed to the monetisation of the electoral contests in the diverse events and its implication for destiny electoral integrity.”