In the upcoming general elections, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has issued a warning that any candidate with a dubious character will not operate in the electorate’s best interests.
The CBCN submitted the proposal in a communiqué that was published during their 2023 first plenary meeting, which was place at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja.
Bishop Donatus Ogun, secretary of the CBCN, and President Archbishop Lucius Ugorji both signed the document.
According to the Bishops, politicians who have bad motives cannot possibly have good intentions for the people or the advancement of the country.
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In our nation’s history, these next elections give us yet another chance to select leaders who can rule for the good of the majority, according to the communiqué.
“We encourage all eligible citizens to come out en masse to vote for God-fearing, honest, vibrant, and transparent leaders for a better Nigeria.”
The clerics called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and its officials to ensure that the newly adopted technologies for accreditation, transmission, and collation, are not manipulated to give false results.
“We equally call on the law enforcement agents, whose primary duty is to enforce law and order and ensure the protection of persons and materials during the elections, to efficiently and professionally carry out their responsibilities without fear, favour, or partiality.
“In the same manner, we advise our youths not to allow themselves to be used as thugs and agents of disruption and violence before, during, and after the elections. We, at the same time, enjoin voters to ensure that proper counting is done before the transmission of the results,” the communique read.
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The Bishop also condemned the practice of vote-buying and selling; noting that it is aimed at frustrating and compromising the free choice of the people.
“We vehemently continue to condemn this practice and urge all politicians and the electorate to avoid this unlawful and sinful practice and embrace the values of human dignity, integrity, and decency in order to have free, fair, and credible elections”, they said.
The CBC also told all judges and lawyers to see themselves as ministers in the temple of truth and justice, and work to make the judiciary the ‘last hope of the common man’.
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