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The National
Democratic Institute, NDI, is seeking partnership with stakeholders in Kogi
State to ensure conduct of peaceful and non-violent governorship election on
November 16.
Senior
Programme Manager of NDI, Bem Aga made the call in Lokoja on Tuesday at the
opening of a three-day advocacy, community and voter education training for ‘Vote Not Fight’ strategy
committee members and LGA Coordinators in Kogi State.
The ‘Vote
Not Fight’ campaign, which is supported by NDI, UKaid, USAID in partnership
with the 2Baba Foundation and Youngsters, is being implemented in Kogi State by
Participatory Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development (PIBCID).
Aga said
there was need for consensus, commitment and collective actions amongst
stakeholders such as the electoral umpire, the electorate, the youths, security
agencies, traditional institutions and political actors to secure the November
governorship election in Kogi.
He said NDI,
which is a nonprofit organization working to support and strengthen democratic
institutions worldwide, will be awarding grant to PIBCID to ensure sustained
advocacy and awareness campaign among youths and other stakeholders in Kogi on
the need to eschew violence in the forthcoming election.
INEC
Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof James Apam, who was
represented by the commission’s Administrative Secretary, promised to support
the project to ensure its success.
He said the
commission would provide level playing field for all candidates in the
forthcoming election in its quest to ensure delivery of free, fair and credible
poll.
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