Governors of Kano, Bauchi and Benue states, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Bala Mohammed and Samuel Ortom respectively as well as the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Dr. Ahmed Audi and the Commissioner for Information and Voter Education for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, among others would gather on Tuesday, November 22 to discuss how to achieve a violent-free elections next year.
Also expected at the annual roundtable organised by the PlatinumPost News include the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Maj. Hamza Mustapha (retd), Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yabagi Yusuf Sani, the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) and other stakeholders in the electoral process.
In a statement by the Chief Executive Officer of the PlatinumPost News, Mr. Edwin Olofu, said the annual roundtable is designed to contribute meaningfully to the process leading to a free, fair, credible and violent-free elections in 2023.
Governor Ganduje would chair the occasion, Muhammed and Ortom are guest speakers, while Maj. Al-Mustapha would deliver a keynote address on the theme: “Contemporary security challenges & its effects on 2023 elections.”
INEC, Police IG, NSCDC boss, IPAC, CSO, International Republican Institute (IRI) and the NUJ will discuss the papers and use the occasion to speak on their preparations for the 2023 elections.
According to Olofu, there are contemporary security challenges Nigerian government and her people need to make concerted efforts to curb so as to ensure a peaceful exercise before, during and after the forthcoming general elections.