Avoid do - or- die politics - SSS, others

Date: 2013-07-30

Director, Department of State Services, Kwara State, Mr. Williams Ologba; former state Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association Prof. Muhammed Akanbi; and a lecturer, Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Dr. Umar Gunu, have urged politicians to avoid violence in the forthcoming elections.

They spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday at a seminar on 'Free, fair, peaceful and credible election as an essential ingredient for good governance.'

The seminar was organised by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission.

Ologba, who was represented by an official of the SSS, F.B. Michael, said playing the right politics, by ensuring the enthronement of internal party democracy as well as addressing issues of insecurity, were germane to the attainment of free and fair elections.

"There should be a paradigm shift from 'do-or-die politics' to embracing the ideals of good sportsmanship; from selfish disposition to selfless service; from the urge to acquire more to making sacrifice; from partisanship to nationalism; and of course, from unpatriotic acts to patriotism for a better nation," the SSS boss said.

Akanbi urged the political class in Kwara to put national interest above personal or party considerations by eschewing political or electoral violence, lawlessness, intolerance and politics of material inducement.

"One way of removing violence from politics is by ridding it of election rigging and the lure of financial profits, wealth, power, and prestige. And that can only be done by reassigning priority to capability, integrity, and virtue as he criteria for selecting people's representatives in government," Akanbi said.

Gunu advised politicians to commit themselves to providing credible and responsible leadership for the various stakeholders engaged in the electoral process.

He added that the politicians  should support the sustenance of enabling environment for the preparation, conduct and acceptance of elections.

"If our politicians, individually and collectively, resolve to be principled, and play by the game from the level of the party through general elections based on the provisions of the law, we shall have credible elections," Gunu said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gobir     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Aliyu Muhammed     Oke-Ode     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Sarah Jubril     Sarakite     Rafiu Ajakaye     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Agboola Abdulraheem     Mashood Dauda     CACOVID     Photo News     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Musa Aibinu     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Offa     Rafiu Ibrahim     Baba Issa Awoye     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Sam Onile     Ayinde Oki     Sa\'ad Alanamu     SGBN     Simeon Sayomi     Kwara Apc     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Issa Oloruntogun     Mustapha Olanipekun     Toyin Saraki     Elese Of Igbaja     ANCOPPS     Marafan Shonga     Universal Basic Education Commission     Hakeem Lawal     Olam Food Ingredients     UTME     Alabi Lawal     Emir Of Lafiagi     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Trader Moni     Cornelius Fawenu     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Awodun     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Col. Adedipe     KWASEIC     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     IDPU     Saka Aleshinloye     Bukola Saraki     Ogbondoroko     Quareeb     Ibrahim Taiwo     Oba-Solagberu     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Olatunde Jare     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Mohammed Danjuma     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Suleiman Idris     Atiku Abubakar     Osinbajo     Egbewole     Ilorin     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ibrahim Gambari     Iyaloja-General     Umar Gunu     Isiaka Yusuf     S.O. Opowoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

CACOVID Palliatives     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Shola Odetundun     National Democratic Congress     Salary     Timothy Akangbe     Sa\'adu Gambari     Segun Olawoyin     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Abubakar B.M     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Simeon Sayomi     Saidu Isa     IPSAS     Kayode Yusuf     Yusuf Lawal     Femi Oladiji     Saka Abimbola Isau     Ben Duntoye     Isiaq Khadeejah     JAMB     Dasuki Belgore     Olatunde Olukoya     Assayomo     Arinola Lawal     Taofeeq Olateju     Tunde Kazeem     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Alabi Lawal     Ayinde Oyepitan     Folashade Omoniyi     Wahab Issa     Adamu Atta     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Labaeka     Musibau Akanji     Sherif Shagaya     Share     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Noah Yusuf     Kwara Restoration Project     Irepodun     Awwal Jawondo     Lateef Alagbonsi     HICA     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Facebook     Aminu Adisa Logun     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Ilesha-Gwanara     Hassanat Bello     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Lanwa     Lola Ashiru     Oya State     COEASU     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Baboko Primary School     Innocent Okoye     2017 Budget     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Sobi     Ayo Salami     Suwa-Arabs     Amule     Saraki     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Ballah     Nagode     Standard Organization Of Nigeria