{"id":85720,"date":"2021-09-08T10:19:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85720"},"modified":"2021-09-08T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:19:19","slug":"wike-to-un-prevail-on-buhari-to-conduct-free-credible-polls-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/wike-to-un-prevail-on-buhari-to-conduct-free-credible-polls-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike to UN: Prevail on\u00a0Buhari to conduct free, credible polls in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1710324064117386170\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the United Nations and other world bodies to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct a free and fair elections in 2023.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nWike urged the United Nations agencies in particular to continue to advocate for a free, fair and transparent electoral process in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Wike stated this during a Working visit by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Edward Kallon, at the Government House in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Wike who spoke through his Deputy, Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, said Rivers State believes that strengthening democratic Institutions was the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cIn all our activities, we always operate democratically. In the last two Local Government elections we have had, we had inclusiveness of women not only as Vice Chairmen, but also councillors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe strongly that we have to support democratic institutions in Nigeria, and demonstrate it here in Rivers State, where we have the opportunity to do it, and also to develop strong institutions in education, health, infrastructure and in human capital development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Governor expressed regrets that at a time when the country was moving on digital form, she could not pass an electronic transmission of results, which, according to him, would curb insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Wike added, \u201cLike you have rightly said, this country has a good role to play in the West African scene. We are condemning what is happening in Guinea. We spoke against what is happening in Mali so we have to demonstrate it here. We cannot allow this country to go into 2023 elections, without the electronic voting passed as a Bill; we cannot.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cPlease, use whatever advocacy level you can use. I think this is the time to speak loud and clear, because the stability of a democratic nation all over the world is based on its electoral proces. And if the electoral process continues to be insincere and continues to be non-transparent, there cannot be any peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike who insisted that his administration was interested in the socio-economic development of Rivers People, expressed delight for the partnership between the State Government and the UN.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and his team for their selfless service in the State.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, said her visit to Rivers State was to reinforce the partnership between the United Nations and the Rivers state Government.<\/p>\n<p>He said such partnership, at present, will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals to build back better; and continue to create durable solutions for economic transformation in the State, adding that several UN agencies have on-going programmes in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The UN envoy commended the Governor for his administration\u2019s commitment to better the lots of the Rivers People.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the United Nations and other world bodies to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct a free and fair elections in&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":85721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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