The Adazi-Ani Development Advocate has organized a Campaign against vote buying.
The walk kick started from the Ama uku Adazi, through Community High School, down to Eke Adazi Market, and terminated at the Ojiako Memorial Grammar School Adazi-Ani.
The group sensitized the community youths, Women groups, community leaders on the dangers of vote buying and selling.
The people carried placards with various inscriptions like, ”your vote is your right”, ”No vote buying”, ”No To political thuggery”, ”No to negligence of the voice of the masses”, among others.
They expressed displeasure over the trend of vote buying which according to them, will leave the masses with sufferings for another four years of political dispensation.
The organiser of the programme, Mr. Augustine Okoye, said that the aim is to pass a message across to politicians that gone are the era of exchanging bags of rice and monetary tokens for people’s vote which have crippled the development in the area.
In their various remarks at the different areas in the community, the Principal of Community High School Adazi-Ani, Lady Edith Muojeke, the Chairperson of Eke market Adazi-Ani, Mrs Alice Muojekwu and the Principal Ojiako Memorial Grammar School Adazi-Ani Mrs Joy Izuka represented by Acting Vice Principal Administration, Mrs Rose Mbano, recounted the various promises made by politicians in the past which currently have left their various institutions and markets in very deplorable conditions.
They appreciated the youths for the courageous step taken, and assured them that they would relay their message to the students and market women.
Some stakeholders in the community including Dr. Emeka Okeke, Dr. Dubem Onyejiaka and the President General of Adazi-Ani, Engineer John Eyisi, expressed delight with the initiative by the youths.
They said that the move will entrench sustainable development as the ugly trend of gift items during campaigns has become a constant feature every four years of their lives, adding that it has been denying them of developmental projects in their locality.
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