Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP),
is scheduled to speak at Chatham House, the United Kingdom, on Monday.
Chatham House, in a statement on its website, tagged the
event as ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: A vision for policy change and
institutional reforms’.
The LP candidate is expected to speak on his plans for
policy and governance reforms in Nigeria.
The event will be hosted by Alex Vines, the managing
director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House.
“Nigeria is scheduled
to hold presidential and national assembly elections on 25 February as well as
governorship and other subnational elections on 11 March,” the post reads.
“The elections end President Muhammadu Buhari’s two terms in
office since his election in 2015 and mark the first time he is not a candidate
in a presidential election in 20 years – an important marker in Nigeria’s
trajectory of democratic consolidation.
“Nigeria’s Electoral Act, enacted in February 2022, has
contributed to improved hope around the election process, reflected in the
addition of 12.29 million new voters, 9.51 million of which were then
validated, in Nigeria’s voter registration exercise, bringing the total number
of registered voters to more than 93 million.
“Nigeria stands at a
critical juncture, having suffered from two recessions in the past six years,
unprecedented levels of physical and food insecurity, persistent fuel scarcity,
and high levels of crude oil theft.
“Civic fatigue also remains an important challenge and
Buhari’s three main policy pillars of security, economy, and corruption
continue to be defining issues for citizens.
“Peter Gregory Obi, a former governor of Anambra State,
discusses his vision for policy and governance reforms in Nigeria, including
the priorities for tackling deep-rooted insecurity and corruption, and measures
to promote social and political mobility for Nigerian citizens.”
Obi’s scheduled visit to Chatham House comes weeks after Bola
Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited
the institution.
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