A former Chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has urged political actors to eschew desperation and embrace issue-based campaigns forward of the forthcoming normal elections.
Jega, who spoke as a visitor lecturer on the second Worldwide Convention organised by the College of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal College Dutse(FUD), burdened that management needs to be anchored on integrity, competence and a transparent imaginative and prescient for nationwide improvement.
Delivering a lecture titled: “Challenges of Nation Constructing within the twenty first Century,” the previous INEC boss represented by Dr Basiru Musa Makarfi, warned towards inserting private ambition and partisan pursuits above the nation’s peace, unity and democratic values.
He mentioned: “As we method one other electoral cycle, politicians should abandon the ‘do-or-die’ method and decide to democratic beliefs. Elections shouldn’t be a battleground, however a course of for selecting leaders of character and confirmed capability.
“Nigerians should additionally rise to the event by electing credible candidatesindividuals with integrity, accountability, and a demonstrable dedication to public service. Management is a belief, and people entrusted with it should prioritisethe welfare of the individuals.”
Jega emphasised that good governance thrived the place leaders possessed honesty, transparency, respect for the rule of legislation, and the flexibility to unite numerous pursuits for collective progress.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of FUD, Ahmad Muhammed Gumel, represented by the College Librarian, Ahmed Mohammed, counseled the keynote speaker and different useful resource individuals for his or her thought-provoking contributions.
He referred to as on Nigerians to embrace unity, patriotism and shared accountability as essential drivers of sustainable improvement.
Times Nigeria