President Muhammadu Buhari for the umpteenth time assured Nigerians and the international community that his government would conduct a free, fair and transparent elections in the 2023 general elections and ensure peaceful transfer of power. The president gave the assurance on a day the northern youths asked him to honourably resign as president as he has run out of ideas on how to tackle insecurity that has engulfed the country.
President Buhari in his remark at a Virtual Summit for Democracy organized by President Joe Biden of the United States, said necessary mechanisms will be strengthened to ensure that Nigeria witnesses another peaceful transfer of power.
President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina said, “As we countdown to our next general elections in 2023, we remain committed to putting in place and strengthening all necessary mechanisms to ensure that Nigeria will not only record another peaceful transfer of power to an elected democratic government, but will also ensure that the elections are conducted in a free, fair and transparent manner.
“Your Excellencies, Nigeria will continue to actively support the democratization processes in our region, West Africa and the African continent at large. But regrettably, our democratic gains of the past decades are under threats of unconstitutional takeover of power.
“This unwholesome trend, sometimes in reaction to unilateral amendments of constitutions by some leaders, must not be tolerated by the international community. Nigeria fully supports the efforts by ECOWAS to address this growing challenge and appreciates the support of both the African Union and the United Nations,” he said.
The President noted that Nigeria continues to face security challenges which pose a threat to democracy and called on global partners to “support our efforts in tackling insurgency and terrorism.”
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