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The Nigerian Youth Ambassador to the United States and Secretary-General, Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC), Dr. Raymond Edoh has called on Nigerian youths particularly the Anambra youth to portray their civic as well as exercise their legitimate franchise role by not availing themselves to any kind of electoral violence during and after the electoral exercise.
Dr. Edoh made the call on Thursday in a press statement signed and made available to journalists,in Abuja by his media aide, Emmanuel Daudu.
He stated that the youths have essential role to play in the success of the election, urging them to abstain from political thuggery, ballot snatching, political terrorism, avoid being used as an instrument for vote buying and harassment.
Earlier, Dr. Raymond has expressed optimism and affirmed faith in the Anambra youths after series of engagements with their leaders, in a bid to ensure the peaceful conduct of elections.
He also lauded the entire Eastern youths for their patience, endurance and hope for a better Nigeria, elucidating that there is always joy at the end of every tunnel.
“I sincerely want to thank the Eastern youths of Nigeria. They have proven and
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shown their unreserved quest for a better Nigeria. But one thing is sure, we will all have a cause to celebrate at the end of the tunnel. Please, I am pleading with you all, to continue keeping faith in the Nigerian Project, it is going to be fine again, I assure us all”, he added.
Reacting to the number of police personnel allocated for the election, “36,000 to be deployed in the Anambra election, this is a huge number to be engaged for an election as their presence alone will create tension which is already high. In a survey recently conducted by CLEEN Foundation, more than half of the respondents (56%) agreed and 34% strongly agreed that aggressive and excessive use of force by the security forces on the civilians could cause electoral violence. Similarly, over half of the respondents (51%) agreed and 24% strongly agreed that inadequate or excessive presence of security agents could cause electoral violence. The survey reveals that lack of synergy between INEC and the security agencies in the country can compromise peaceful conduct of election in Anambra State. These findings underscore the role of professionalism on the part of security agents in the prospect of peaceful elections.
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