Mr John Nwosu, Anambra Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Nov. 8 election, has advised the electorate not to trade their future for monetary gains.
By Chimezie Anaso
Mr John Nwosu, Anambra Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Nov. 8 election, has advised the electorate not to trade their future for monetary gains.
Nwosu gave the advice while fielding questions from newsmen in Awka.
He said that it was ridiculous and shameful that vote buying and ballot snatching still happened during elections in Nigeria.
He called on political parties and voters to resolve to protect their votes in the forthcoming election.
Nwosu said that the electronic voting system and timely uploading of results had mitigated the menace of ballot snatching to a great extent.
He said that the Anambra electorate were not totally ignorant as they have a high sense of who are credible and honest politicians in the area.
“Unfortunately, vote buying is a norm even though existing electoral laws prohibit such acts, but desperation, lack of political will and weak institutions, including the election security regime, continue to be a challenge.
“Voter education is vital, why would somebody collect N5,000 in lieu of four years of bad, insecure and brutal governance, it makes no sense?
“Votes belong to the people, we will train our agents to secure and transmit polling booth results electronically to us before the perpetrators get a chance to doctor and mutilate the result sheets,” he said.
Nwosu said that ADC was a long established and nationally recognised party with a record of fielded credible candidates at the national and state levels.
He said that Anambra would be the first test case for ADC which had been announced as the coalition party at the national level and all its coalition partners.
He said that only good governance which guarantees a thriving, secure, hospitable and enabling environment for investors would further development the state.
“I will work hard; I will be humble and carry the electorate along, as a servant leader. I will listen to all views before taking decisions.
“A good leader must be a good listener. No one knows it all. I am not a professor, but I have common sense,” he said.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)