{"id":14993,"date":"2023-02-28T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14993"},"modified":"2023-02-28T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:47:12","slug":"fg-cautions-obasanjo-not-to-truncate-electoral-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14993","title":{"rendered":"FG Cautions Obasanjo not to truncate Electoral Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">FG Cautions Obasanjo not to truncate Electoral Process<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Federal Government has admonished former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the polls.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The admonition is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement was made available to the media by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Assistant to the President (Media) Office of the Minister.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Mohammed said what the former president cunningly framed as an \u2018appeal for caution and rectification was nothing but a calculated attempt to undermine the electoral process and a willful incitement to violence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The minister expressed shock and disbelief that a former president could throw around unverified claims and amplify wild allegations picked up from the streets against the electoral process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThough masquerading as an unbiased and concerned elder statesman, former president Obasanjo is in reality a known partisan who is bent on thwarting, by subterfuge, the choice of millions of Nigerian voters,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Mohammed recalled that the former president, in his time, organised perhaps the worst elections since Nigeria\u2019s return to democratic rule in 1999.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the minister, Mr Obasanjo is the least qualified to advise a president whose determined effort to leave a legacy of free, fair, credible and transparent elections is well acknowledged within and outside Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs the whole nation waits with bated breath for the result of last Saturday\u2019s national elections amid unnecessary tension created by professional complainants and political jesters, what is expected from a self-respecting elder statesman are words and actions that douse tension and serve as a soothing balm.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cInstead, former president Obasanjo used his unsolicited letter to insinuate, or perhaps wish for, an inconclusive elections and a descent into anarchy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cHe used his time to cast aspersion on electoral officials who are unable to defend themselves, while surreptitiously seeking to dress his personal choice in the garb of the people\u2019s choice. This is duplicitous,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The minister reminded the former president that organising elections in Nigeria is not a mean feat.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the process was not a mean feat considering the fact that the voter population of 93,469,008 in the country was 16,742,916 more than the total number of registered voters, at 76,726,092, in 14 West African nations put together.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Mohammed said that the process was not a mean feat considering the deployment of more than 1,265,227 electoral officials, the infusion of technology to enhance the electoral process and the logistical nightmare of sending election materials across the vast country,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The minister said INEC was availing itself creditably, going by the preliminary reports of the ECOWAS Electoral Observation Mission and the Commonwealth Observer Group, among other groups that observed the elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Daily Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FG Cautions Obasanjo not to truncate Electoral Process The Federal Government has admonished former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the polls. 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