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Dogara to Christians: Don’t waste your votes in 2023

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on Christians not to waste their votes in the 2023 general elections, urging them to vote wisely.

“Every Christian knows that our God does not tolerate waste. It is unchristian for the church to waste anything given to us from above, as we own nothing except what is given to us from above,” he was quoted in a statement by his media aide, Turaki Hassan Adamu.

Dogara, who spoke in Abuja at a summit tagged “Meet the Church” organised by the Nigerian National Christians Coalition (NNCC), said the adoption of the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC was antithetical to Nigeria’s quest for nation building.

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He argued that the APC ignored warnings by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Catholic Secretariat, ECWA church and many other church bodies and adopted the same faith ticket in a manner that negated the fundamentals of nation building, such as shared identity, values and vision.

 “These warnings were not only ignored but dismissed in one fell swoop by the APC presidential candidate, who strangely believes that he can build a strong, secure and viable nation-state without first forging a shared identity, vision and values for our people, thereby enabling us to transit from citizens of a country into a nation of people with strong shared identity and values,” he said.

 

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