{"id":21015,"date":"2013-12-19T22:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=21015"},"modified":"2013-12-19T22:37:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T21:37:38","slug":"nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s 2015 Election Will Draw Global Attention &#8211; US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">The United States of America said the 2015 general election in Nigeria will draw global attention and that the country would have an opportunity then to prove a model for all of Africa if the election was free, fair, and transparent.<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">Speaking with civil society experts in Abuja, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) and member of President Barrack Obama\u2019s Cabinet, Ambassador Samantha Power, noted t<\/span><span style=\"display: inline; color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">hat time had come for serious preparations for the poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cNow is the time to lay the groundwork for the 2015 elections and civil society can play a big part in that by demanding fair campaign practices, raising voter awareness, and training to participate as poll observers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said US Government noted with concern the irregularities in the last month\u2019s gubernatorial election in Anambra State, especially as elections were coming up soon both in Ekiti and Osun states.<\/p>\n<p>Power equally spoke about acts of terrorism in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cTragically, we have both been targeted by terrorists. The brutality of the attacks against your people is shocking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn responding to these attacks, it is essential that we do so in consistent with the most fundamental of international human rights norms. The United States is concerned by some of the stories we hear of inhumane detention practices in Nigeria, and I have discussed those with officials here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity crackdowns that do not discriminate between legitimate targets and innocent civilians are both counterproductive and wrong. We know how hard it is to fight insurgency and terrorism, but we have also seen how much more effective we are when we put the welfare of the local population at the heart of our efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pleased to hear President Jonathan\u2019s announcement earlier this month of his development plan for the North-East. Efforts to fight poverty, create jobs, and respect the dignity and rights of all people would help lay a foundation for longer term progress.<\/p>\n<p>Tribune<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States of America said the 2015 general election in Nigeria will draw global attention and that the country would have an opportunity then to prove a model for&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria\u2019s 2015 Election Will Draw Global Attention - US - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s 2015 Election Will Draw Global Attention - US - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States of America said the 2015 general election in Nigeria will draw global attention and that the country would have an opportunity then to prove a model for&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-19T21:32:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-12-19T21:37:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/obamaandgej.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-2015-election-will-draw-global-attention-us\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria\u2019s 2015 Election Will Draw Global Attention &#8211; 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