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Governance is service to people only–Director
Abubakar Siddique
Prof. Abubakar Siddique, Director, Centre for Democratic Development, Research and Training (CEDDERT), Zaria, has urged political leaders to consider governance as service to the people.
He also admonished the leaders not to use their positions as means of getting rich quickly.
Party Politics and Electoral Violence
Siddique stated this on Monday in Kano, at a paper presentation, titled: “Party Politics and Electoral Violence in Nigeria.
Aminu Kano Center for Democratic Studies
The lecture was organised by the Aminu Kano Center for Democratic Studies, Bayero University Kano, to mark 72nd anniversary of the defunct Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), (1950-2022).
He said the call has become necessary in order to enhance good governance and strengthen democracy in the country.
Siddique said that it is only through that election malpractices could be curtailed.
“Election rigging has attained the fineness it has, because winning election is key to power, quick and easy wealth,” he said.
Siddique said, ”some political scientists see politics as a process of conflict resolution through compromise, conciliation and negotiation rather than through naked power.
”Violence is illegal or illegitimate use of physical force in a harmful way on people or property with the intention to cause injury or damage.
“By extension, election violence, which is linked to party politics, may be defined as the illegal use of force to achieve some short or long term political objectives by a political party or its members.
General Elections
He urged Nigerians to come out en masse to vote for credible candidates during the 2023 General Elections.
The Director also advised the citizens to shun violence before, during and after the elections.
Siddique further urged the government to intensify efforts in addressing the security challenges in some parts of the country to enable the citizens exercise their franchise.
Mustapha Isa
In his remarks, Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Mustapha Isa, cautioned youths against allowing themselves to be used by some selfish politicians to perpetuate violence during elections.
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