Obasanjo wants 2023 general elections to hold as scheduled

Nigeria’s ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed hope that the 2023 general elections in the country will hold as scheduled.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 25th for the Presidential elections while March 11 has been chosen for the Gubernatorial polls in the country.

Obasanjo’s comment came amid fears that the general elections might be postponed due to the lingering crisis occasioned by the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes.

The former President shared his position with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) at his Penthouse residence located in and around the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State.

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The ADC national leaders were led by their Chairman, Dr Mani Ibrahim Ahmed; the National Chairman of the party, Prof. Ralph Nwosu and a former presidential aspirant of the ADC, Chukwuka Monye.

According to Obasanjo, Nigeria was in an interesting period, urging Nigerians to take the elections with all the seriousness they deserved as being done in developed nations.

Obasanjo admonished the people of the country to strive to give their best to ensure the general elections hold in the country.

He said that the attention of the global community was now focused on the 2023 polls in Nigeria, he charged Nigerians, as main stakeholders to contribute towards the success of the elections.

“We are in an interesting period in Nigeria. In less than three weeks, we will be going to the polls; well, I hope nothing will intervene against that. In less than three weeks, we will be electing a leader that will pilot the affairs of Nigeria for the next four years from May.

“I have been in Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire from the beginning of the week; and they are as concerned about what happens in Nigeria as every Nigerian should be.”