2019: Governor Ahmed Warns Against Inciting Campaign Rhetoric

Date: 2018-12-07

As campaigns open for the 2019 elections, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has cautioned political parties and their candidates to avoid utterances and slogans capable of rupturing the peace and harmony for which Kwara State is renowned.

Governor Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said that while Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has lifted the ban on electioneering campaigns, political parties and candidate should exercise the right to canvas votes with caution and avoid any utterances and slogans capable of pitching one section of the society against the other.

Alhaji Ahmed said he had received numerous complaints from the public regarding campaign slogan of a particular political party"s candidate over its capacity to stimulate disruption of public order and has since referred the issue to the relevant federal agencies for necessary peremptory action.

Governor Ahmed maintained that Kwara State has historically experienced peaceful and rancour-free campaigns on account of the accommodating and friendly nature of its diverse people as well as the decorum traditionally demonstrated by political parties and their candidates.

A deliberate effort, he said, should, therefore, be made by politicians to respect the religious, ethnic and primordial sensibilities of the people in conducting their campaigns given the prevailing mood of the nation.

Alhaji Ahmed urged anyone seeking to represent the people at any level in the state to keep in mind the need to sustain peace and harmony as good governance and indeed development can only be achieved in an atmosphere of peace and order that is devoid of tension, mutual suspicion and violent rhetoric.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oniye     Mohammed Lawal     Oba Abu     Ayinke Saka     Oko Erin     Haliru Yahaya     Idris Garba     National Pilot     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Umar Yakubu Jaja     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Kayode Ibrahim     Orisa Bridge     Yetunde Balogun     Abubakar Imam     Awwal Jawondo     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Dele Belgore     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Earlyon Technologies     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Alore     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Folorunsho Alao     IPSAS     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ilorin Emirate     Kwara South     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Ekiti     Baba Idris     Oyedepo     Kwara Polytechnic     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Olatinwo     Gaa Olobi     Students Union Government     Atiku     Durbar     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Mukhtar Shagaya     T And K FOODS     Harrison Osauwagboe     LABTOP     Kaosarah Adeyi     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Magaji Are     Javed Khan     Bello Oyebanji     Hamidu Olowo     Usman Alkali Baba     Olabanji Orilonishe     UITH     Jamiu Oyawoye     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Oba Abdulraheem     2023 Elections     Deji Ajani     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Isapa     Seun Bolaji     Alanamu     Arca Santa     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Young Progressives Party     Sobi FM     Yoonus Lawal     NNPP     Forgo Battery    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Danladi     Gbenga Adebayo     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Charcoal     Jumoke F. Ajao     Chief Imam Of Offa     Paul Olawoore     Bisi Kristien     N-Power     Moses Salami     Abubakar Suleiman     Timothy Akangbe     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Saad Omo\'ya     Teachers Specific Allowance     Samuel Adaramola     Leke Ogungbe     Ayedun     Adesoye College     College Of Education     Abdulfatai Baakini     Yusuf Abubakar     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     SDP     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Nurudeen Muhammed     Emir Of Ilorin     Sunday Otokiti     Siraj Oyewale     Musa Yeketi     Abiodun Oyedepo     BIR     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Aliyu Alhassan     Sanitation Exercise     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Baba Isale     Abubakar Atiku     Abdulwaheed Musa     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Awodun     April 11     Aminu Ado Bayero     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Salary     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Ghali Muhammed     Saduki Lafiagi     Budo Egba     Joseph Offorjama     Lanre Issa Onilu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Emir Of Lafiagi     Yahaya Seriki     Akanji     Kwara State Television     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Bello John Olanrewaju     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Kwara Restoration Project     Yusuf Ali     Kwara     Femi Agbaje     Durbar Festival     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Femi Gbajabiamila     Kwarareports     Minister     Undergraduate Bursary     Ibrahim Taiwo     Local Government Pension Board