Ahead of Nigeria’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the federal government has ordered the full closure of all the land borders. Alhaji Isah Jere Idris, the Comptroller General of the NIS revealed this in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tony Akuneme, on Thursday in Abuja. The Comptroller General indicated that all the land borders were to be loaded immediately from 12 midnight on Saturday until 12 midnight the following day.
Alhaji Isah Jere noted that border states were especially demanded to strictly ensure the enforcement of this directive. With the elections fast approaching, the 65 de-registered political parties under the forum of political parties in Lagos State (FPP) were said to have endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Chairman of the Lagos State Forum and two time chairman of the Lagos State Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Chief Kolawole Ajayi revealed this at a news conference on Thursday.
Endorsing Tinubu, a unanimous decision by the forum of political parties.
Chief Ajayi, upon promising the APC presidential candidate 400,000 votes, noted that endorsing Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president was a unanimous decision among members of the forum. He also stated that the forum’s decision to support Tinubu was hinged on his pedigree in private and public life. Praising the APC candidate, he said that Tinubu had maintained the highest rectitude of leadership with an interest in utilizing human resources to enhance development. Chief Ajayi indicated that although the 65 members of the forum were de-registered, they still had their structures across the 20 local governments in Lagos.
Authenticating the Forum’s Chairman, the Lagos State Chairman of the People’s Progressive Alliance, Mr. Idowu Oguntoyinbo stated that amongst the presidential candidates, only Tinubu was qualified enough to revive Nigeria and consolidate the infrastructural achievement of President Muhammadu Buhari. He further noted that Tinubu was one of the brightest minds during his time at Mobil Nigeria. Mr. Shola Omolola, the Lagos State Chairman of Maja Party also noted that Tinubu’s leadership would create immense opportunities that would further develop the country and thus, encouraged the masses to vote Tinubu due to his track record, which sets him apart from other candidates.
Plans are to use the parallel vote tabulation to provide information.
Yiaga Africa disclosed that its intention to deploy 3,836 election observers across the country to help with monitoring the election. In a signed document by Hussaini Abdu, the Chairman of WTV Working Group and Samson Itodo, Yiaga’s executive director, the organization promised to also verify the election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Abdu, whilst reading the document, disclosed that Yiaga was planning on using the parallel vote tabulation (PVT) in providing Nigerians with concrete information about the election.
Abdu said that the deployed observers would periodically send reports to the Watching the Vote National Data Center for processing and analysis. This deployment, he noted, would help Yiaga provide accurate information on the electioneering process. He stated that Yiaga would also provide an independent projection for voters, for the projection of the vote shares that every party should receive within a narrow range. With this corroborating the numbers of INEC, Abdu said it would help individuals and political parties have confidence in the votes cast in various polling units.
2023 national election, a step in testing the new electoral law.
He however noted that although only INEC was saddled with the legal mandate of announcing election results, Yiaga would follow up with a verification press conference to share its views on the accuracy of the election results. Abdu indicated that whilst the electoral law had been tested in two off-circle elections, this national election would be the first to be conducted under the new electoral act framework. Thus, he stated that this election was a pivotal step in testing the new electoral law, especially the deployed electoral technology.
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FG orders closure of borders for election. – Yiaga Africa to deploy 3,836 observers to monitor elections across Nigeria. – Express your point of view.
Well I think that helped partly to curb those who having in mind of disrupting the election process.Now that we are done with the election we demand an unrigged result.
With this observer dispatch to monitor the election will help in accessing and to afford election malpractice from happen so every thing can go smoothly
The closure of all borders by the Federal Government is to ensure free and fair election and also transparency to the eligible voters and to the international bodies who are here to monitor the elections processes across Nigeria.
The border closure during this election period will prevent rigging and election manipulation and allow for free and fair election considering the fact that the international bodies are here in Nigeria to monitor the electioneering process.
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It is to everyone’s advantage that border states were specifically urged to be extremely vigilant in ensuring that this direction is carried out.
The issue of security is one of the reason that make the federal government declare closure of border so that election can be free and fair but it unfortunate that the expectations were dash.
Tinubu has always demonstrated the utmost integrity in his leadership and had a keen interest in making the most of available human resources to further development.
The idea of closure of borders is great. It would help individuals and political parties have confidence in the votes cast in various polling units and test the new electoral law, especially the deployed electoral technology and so on.
The election will proceed more smoothly if observers are sent out to keep an eye on it. This will allow for the detection and prevention of any election misconduct.
Even though the 65 members of the forum had their registrations revoked, they were nevertheless able to maintain their structures in each of Lagos’s twenty local governments.
The people were urged to vote for Tinubu because of his proven track record, which they believed would lead to greater chances that would contribute to the country’s development.
I think it’s fantastic that you’re proposing we close our borders. Voters and political parties alike would benefit from this as it would serve as a test of the new election law and the voting technology that will be used.
Voters were urged to support Tinubu on the basis of his track record, as it was thought that doing so would provide the country with more opportunities beneficial to its growth.
The people were urged to vote for Tinubu because of his proven track record, which they said would usher in a new era of prosperity for Nigeria under his leadership.
This election was an important part of the process of testing the new electoral rules, particularly the electoral technology that was used.
The observers who were deployed would at regular intervals transmit reports to the Watching the Vote National Data Center so that the data could be processed and analyzed.
The Federal Government has closed all borders in order to ensure free and fair elections as well as transparency for all eligible voters as well as for foreign observers who are in Nigeria to oversee the electoral process.
They were persuaded to support Tinubu because of his track record since they felt that he would have more opportunities to advance the nation.
FG orders closure of borders for election. After the closure of the country borders yet the election was not a good one
The borders needed to be closed only for the elections. There was need to ensure only Nigerians vote in the elections.