Office of the SSA on Mobilization and Enlightenment
January 28, 2019
As Nigeria and Nigerians become increasingly advanced in democracy, there is need for voter's education in the electioneering process to enable them make informed decision in the process of voting.
Addressing Oja-Ugu Media Team and PDP supporters in Calabar, the State Capital, the political juganot stressed the importance of voters' education and enlightenment, not just to deliver a credible candidate, but also to avoid abuse of franchise.
She specifically emphasized the need to take enlightenment process to hinterland where most voters who are typically illiterate, are resident, pointing out reasons why such action is imminent.
This is to ensure that every electorates cast his or her vote on the basis of factual information about the candidate they are voting for. Besides, since every vote counts, there is need to curtail the number of invalid votes to the barest minimum, and so she advocated the use of prototype ballot papers in the enlightenment process.
She said: "On my own part, I am doing my best to ensure that voters are politically aware to make informed decisions about whom they will cast their votes during the forthcoming election." "We are now in a global world, with the help of information tech, where desperate politicians can, through the social media and even by the word of the mouth, brainwash ignorant electorates. Therefore, let us, in the little way we can, enlighten people around us to be wary of the diluted information from unpopular candidates."
Warning against politicians who have adopted the instruments of defamatory comment about their opponents to win the hearts of the electorates, she admonished the listeners to remain steadfast in the decision of supporting the Digital Governor and PDP.
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