Nigerians are going to the polls today, Saturday, February 25, 2023, to decide who will take ove the reign of affair as President for the next four years.
Today’s election is widely believed to be between four candidates, namely: Peter Obi of the Labour Party(LP), Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress(APC) and Rabiu Kwankwaso -New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP),
Other presidential candidates, according to INEC’s final list, include:
Imumolen Christopher – Accord Party (AP); Al-Mustapha Hamza – Action Alliance (AA); Sowore Omoyele – African Action Congress (AAC); Kachikwu Dumebi – African Democratic Congress (ADC); Sani Yabagi Yusuf – Action Democratic Party (ADP); Umeadi Peter Nnanna – All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); Ojei Princess Chichi – Allied People’s Movement (APM); Nnamdi Charles Osita – Action Peoples Party (APP); Adenuga Sunday Oluwafemi – Boot Party (BP); Osakwe Felix Johnson – National Rescue Movement (NRM).
Others are: Abiola Latifu Kolawole – Peoples Redemption Party (PRP); Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer – Social Democratic Party (SDP); Ado-Ibrahim Abdumalik – Young Progressives Party (YPP); and Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu – Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
In his nationwide broadcast, President Muhammadu Buhari, admonished the citizens to go out there and vote for their very choice of candidate.
He also said that his administration’s new monetary policy had also contributed immensely to the minimisation of the influence of money in politics.
“This is a positive departure from the past and represents a bold legacy step by this administration, towards laying a strong foundation for free and fair elections,” he said, assuring that every vote will count.
President Buhari will complete his 8years term on May 29th, 2023 and is expected to handover to the winner of today’s election in the same day.
