The House of Representatives
Committee on Electoral and Political Matters says residents of the South-East
must shun calls for the boycott of 2019 general election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Dr Chukwuemeka Ujam led a four-man team of the committee on an
oversight visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in
Enugu State on Thursday.
Ujam, who represents Nkanu
East/Nkanu West Federal Constituency, spoke in reaction to calls by some
pro-Biafra groups for residents to boycott the election.
He urged the people residing in
the South-East to participate actively in the election as a measure of
enthroning good governance through which they can demand for redress on their
perceived marginalisation.
He said the activities of the
pro-Biafra groups were major setbacks in the various political efforts to let
South-East residents vote massively in previous elections, so that their votes
could count.
Ujam called on the people to
“exhibit total sense of maturity by ignoring such calls’’.
The lawmaker urged the people to
relay the message of mass participation in their respective constituencies.
He said such problems which
hinged on voters’ apathy would be tackled head on this time around across the
zone through sensitisation and enlightenment campaigns.
Ujam, said that the visit was to
ascertain INEC level of preparedness ahead of the 2019 elections, assuring that
the committee would tackle all issues raised by principal staff of the
commission in the state.
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