The Federal Government has given Nigerians full assurance that the 2023 general elections will hold in its stipulated time,adding no threat from any quarter can stop it.
The minister’s assurance came in the wake of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s alarm that the 2023 polls could be postponed or cancelled if the growing wave of election-related insecurity across the country was not checked.
The Information minister brought to light that no amount of threat could stop the election as planned at the 17th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series from 2015-2023 in Abuja.
“Let me use this opportunity to respond to inquiries from the media over a widely- circulated report, credited to an INEC official, that the 2023 general elections face a serious threat of cancellation due to insecurity.
“The position of the Federal Government remains that the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Nothing has happened to change that position.
“We are aware that INEC is working with the security agencies to ensure that the elections are successfully held across the country.
“The security agencies have also continued to assure Nigerians that they are working tirelessly to ensure that the elections are held in a peaceful atmosphere. Therefore, there is no cause for alarm,” Mohammed stated.
(Vanguard)
