STAKEHOLDERS HAIL NIGERIANS ON CREDIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

STAKEHOLDERS HAIL NIGERIANS ON CREDIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

TTHE TWO MEN OF THE MOMENT,AS AT PRESS TIME THEY WERE A SUBJECT OF A PPOSSIBLE SELECTION FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR 2015
STAKEHOLDERS WORKING UNDER THE PLATFORM OF STRENGTHENING CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT IN ELECTORAL PROCESSES[S.C.E.E.P],ACTION AID AND UK AID HAVE HAILED THE OUTCOME OF THE RECENTLY HELD SET OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA AS CREDIBLE DESPITE ISOLATED CHALLENGES.
IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE GATHERING AT THE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTER , PROGRAM DIRECTOR, THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER,MR LANRE AROGUNDADE SAID THAT IT WAS A THING OF JOY THAT WE WERE ABEL TO WITNESS A GOOD ELECTION RECENTLY NATIONWIDE.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PROJECT WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT THE EVENT WAS A PROJECT BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN 10 DIFFERENT STATES
HE NOTED THAT IT WAS HIS CANDID BELIEVE THAT TE PROJECT WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES THAT WILL BRING ABOUT CREDIBLE ELECTIONS IN THE STATE.
HIS WORDS:”WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND IN ATTENDANCE,WE ARE EXPECTING SOME OTHER INVITED STAKEHOLDERS “
“IT IS SAD THAT THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL NATIONAL COMMISSION RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IS NOT HERE WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THEM VIA TEXT MESSAGES AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE FAGGED OUT”
MR DAMILARE BABALOLA IN HIS RESPONSE AT THE EVENT SAID THAT THE PROGRAM WAS TARGETED AT DEEPENING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS HENCE IT WAS A FORUM THAT WILL PROMOTE A HEALTHY COMMUNICATION AND HELP GET RID OF DO-OR-DIE APPROACH TO POLITICS
MR ADEOLA SOETAN IN HIS OWN CONTRIBUTIONS SAID THAT HE WAS HAPPY THAT WITH THIS ELECTIONS NIGERIANS HAVE SHOWED THAT THEY WERE TIRED OF TRASH FROM THERE LEADERSHIP AND COMMENDED THEIR GENERAL CONDUCT DURING LAST WEEKS POLLS.
MR WAHEED ISHOLA OF THE NATIONAL ORIENTATION AGENCY NOTED THAT MOST ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA HAD BEEN FRAUGHT WITH IRREGULARITIES BUT THANKED GOD THAT 2015 WAS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME ENTIRELY.
HE AFFIRMED THAT THOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED CASES OF PROBLEMS BUT QUICKLY ADDED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTION EVERY NIGERIAN CAN BE WELL PROUD OF.
HE USED THE FORUM TO THANK THE VARIOUS SECURITY OPERATIVES THAT PARTICIPATED IN SECURING NIGERIANS NATIONWIDE DURING THE POLLS.
IT WAS LEARN T AT THE FORUM THROUGH A POPULAR CONSENSUS THAT THE PERMANENT VOTERS CARD WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT EVER NIGERIAN SHOULD LEARN TO KEEP HIS OWN .
STAKEHOLDERS WERE ALSO IN A STATE OF EXCTACY AS THEY THANKED PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FOR SAVING THE NATION FROM ANY FORM OF TROUBLE BY ACCEPTING DEFEAT AND CONGRATULATING THE WINNER PROMPTLY WITHOUT MUCH ADO.
STAKEHOLDERS FROWN AT THE INCIDENCE OF BABY VOTERS AS REPORTED BY THE NIGERIAN MEDIA ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH BUT QUICKLY ADDED THAT IT WAS A GROWING DEMOCRACY AND THAT WITH TIME THINGS WILL BECOME MUCH BETTER IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION.