2023 Critical, I’ll Ensure Your Votes Count – Buhari

President Buhari has described 2023 as an important year for Nigeria, being an election year that will also witness the transition to another government.

In his New Year Message released on Saturday, the President also gave a personal commitment that he would ensure that the elections were free and fair, noting that Nigerians would decide their next leaders. He said Nigerians must resist being used by politicians to cause unrest and that there would be consequences for any breach of peace during the elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission fixed February 25 for the presidential and National Assembly elections while governorship and state Assembly elections  are scheduled for March 11.

He asked Nigerians to take responsibility by ensuring that the elections were free and fair by not engaging and shunning acts that could affect the polls. “We must also resist every attempt to be used by politicians to create unrest in any form to disrupt the elections. We, as government, will ensure such activities are met with the full force of the law,” he added.