From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Kaduna State and Mediation Working Committee (KSMWC), recently inaugurated by the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria (GPFN), has called on international partners and local civil society organizations to work harder towards mitigating electoral violence through intensive campaigns for tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
A communique issued and read by Nurudeen Dauda at the end of its meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday, said, “We are also calling on international partners and local civil society organizations to work harder toward mitigating electoral violence through intensive campaigns for tolerance and peaceful coexistence.”
The communique added, “INEC should also do something to douse inter-party tensions thereby assuring and guaranteeing safety of voters at their respective polling units.”
The committee expressed delight with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for taking steps to protect the integrity of what could be a particularly complex electioneering process.
He explained that records showed that more than 90 million Nigerians, in a population estimated at over 210 million, are eligible to vote in 2023, saying that the number is considerably larger than the 84 millions of those who cast their votes in 2019.
