‘Era of religious, tribal politics over’

Nigerians have been urged not to choose the next president based on religious, ethnic or tribal reasons.

The Director General of Fusion Nigeria, a political support and socio-economic organisation, Sadiq Jikta, made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday.

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He said political leaders should be elected based on competence, experience, and capability, adding that Nigerians cannot afford to get it wrong in the coming election by allowing religion, ethnic or tribal sentiments to becloud their election judgment.

“Nigerians should be wise during this period. We have suffered for too long and we need leaders that have selfless interest and the people’s interest at heart. We need to elect leaders with positive records, who will turn things around for Nigeria and Nigerians,” he said.

Fusion Nigeria also appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that every mechanism that is needed to conduct the general elections is in very good shape and working well so that complaints will not arise from any quarters during and after the elections.

“INEC should ensure that the votes of Nigerians count and the people’s mandates are protected. We believe that if everything INEC has put in place goes as planned, concerning the 2022 Electoral Acts, then we will get it right this time in our electoral process and the right president will be elected,” he said.