The United Nations Electoral Assistance Division in Nigeria, has called for peaceful and inclusive 2023 general elections.
The United Nations Electoral Assistance Division delegation led by Serge Kubwimana made the call after a meeting with the National Leadership of theAll-Progressives Congress represented by the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
Serge Kubwimana, who addressed the media accompanied by the All Progressives Congress National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, Director of Organisation, Professor Ussiju Medaner and other members of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division delegation, said, United Nations Electoral Assistance Division is in Nigeria in response to a request for electoral support for the United Nations to assess the overall context in which the election will take place and see in what form they could potentially bring their contribution to the 2023 elections.
He said, they have conferred with the All-Progressives Congress National Secretary on behalf of the National Chairman and they have done the same with other stakeholders such as Independent National Electoral Commission, government, civil society organizations, other major political parties, faith-based organizations, inter-party advisory council among others.
According to the visitors, they came to express their intent to contribute to a peaceful and inclusive process next year and to see where they can be value-adding that the country has strong institutions and the ability to run its elections but there are issues though Nigeria is not the only place where there are issues around elections as such, their role is to see how they can support one of their member states.
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