Nigeria 2023 Election Anticipating: Campaign Season To Open Soon.

 

The forthcoming general elections in Nigeria will be held in the first quarter of 2023.

Presidential and National Assembly elections will be conducted on Saturday, 25th February; Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for Saturday, 11th March.

On September 28, the campaign season will officially open as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

For the presidency, the major contenders are ex-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC); ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); ex-Anambra governor Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP); and former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

 Atiku and Tinubu have been relevant in national politics for more than three decades, even before the June 12, 1993, election era.

They both claim credit for fighting the military after M. K. O. Abiola’s victory was truncated. Thus, for them, the outcome of the race for the presidency will determine the stronger force.

According to the United Nations (UN), the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is around 3 million; more people are exiting the country, the dollar is at an all-time high on the black market, and debt stock increasing.

As campaigns start this week, the hopefuls for federal and state positions and their parties will light up the polity with rallies, road shows, advertisements, etc.

As youths continue to show interest in getting their voter’s cards, many have vowed not to be intimated before and during the elections. This means security agencies must increase surveillance and patrol.

Though a peace accord will soon be signed to ensure a violence-free election, a cross-section of the masses opines that some flag bearers and supporters failed to honor the previous agreement.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured credible polls, adding that the days of manipulating results are over.