#NigeriaDecides: Vote, protect your votes , Sultan tells Nigerians
The Sultan of Sokoto and President of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday called on Nigerians to protect their votes in the elections scheduled for Saturday.
He gave the charge in Abuja during the 2019 Murtala Muhammed Memorial Lecture, organised by the Murtala Muhammed Foundation, with the theme, “Towards credible, peaceful and participatory election – Moving Nigeria’ s democracy forward.”
Abubakar said, “Why so much concern about the presidential election in Nigeria especially by foreign partners? We need to ask ourselves. But the simple issue is that Nigeria’s 200 million population is such a big concern to everybody.
“The reason is that the survival of Nigeria is so important to the world that everybody must come together to see credible and peaceful elections in Nigeria where whoever emerges will be accepted by all and must be accepted by all.”
The Sultan said that those at the top felt they were at the top and so controlled everything, stressing that it should be the people who should be in control of everything.
The monarch said, “That is why I want to call on Nigerians go out exercise your rights, vote for the candidate you feel is best for you and ensure you protect your vote.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said it is committed to ensuring smooth movements of people and election materials for Saturday’s elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Managing Director, FAAN, Mr. Saleh Dunoma, as saying this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday.
He said that the transport of election materials for the Presidential and National Assembly polls had commenced and would be successfully completed before the elections.
He said FAAN had put adequate measures in place in terms of facilitation and security to ensure hitch – free operations because of the importance of the exercise to the nation.
He said, “We are very much ready, materials have been handled substantially, we are still moving them and we will ensure that all the materials are transported safely.”
“A lot of people are also moving because they are travelling to where they have registered to go and vote. We are working with all the relevant agencies to ensure that everything is done properly.”
NAN reported that the Abuja airport witnessed an appreciable increase in traffic at the domestic wing on Thursday as many people had started travelling to different locations for the elections.
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