Kogi Guber: Vote For Candidate Of Your Choice,Avoid Electoral Inducement- NGO

– Nwabishi said: “For democracy to thrive, all Nigerians must be ready to make sacrifices by ensuring that democratic ideals becomes a culture

– She also urged the electorate to remain firm in the face of threats and intimidation to engender a democratic culture that will foster free and fair polls

– She however, called on the women to vote for the candidates of their choice in the forthcoming Kogi West senatorial and governorship elections in Kogi State

A non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre for Transparency and Advocacy, has called on the women to vote for the candidates of their choice in the forthcoming Kogi West senatorial and governorship elections in Kogi State.

The Executive Director, Faith Nwabishi, gave the advise in Lokoja, during the stakeholders meeting tagged: “Towards Credible November 16 Governorship and Kogi West Senatorial District elections in Kogi State.”

The Group also urged the people of the state to avoid electoral inducement, vote buying and violence.

It also urged the electorate to remain firm in the face of threats and intimidation to engender a democratic culture that will foster free and fair polls.

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She said that the meeting was organised to bring together civil society organisations, traditional institutions, religious bodies, women and youth groups, electoral officers, media and security agencies to brainstorm on how to ensure credible elections.

According to Nwabishi: “For democracy to thrive, all Nigerians must be ready to make sacrifices by ensuring that democratic ideals becomes a culture where the citizenry and stakeholders effectively play their roles to strengthen the electoral process.

“This meeting affords us the opportunity to interact with stakeholders to genuinely fashion out a way forward by examining key highlights, fallouts and events that occured before the last general elections, the 2015 Kogi election and how we can do it better by learning from the past experiences.”