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LG Elections: Shun All Forms of Electoral Violence, Malpractices

 – Ekwueme Urges Anambra Youths

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu

The Founder and the National Leader of Youth Association, Anambra South Senatorial District, Barrister Peter Ekwueme, has urged the youths of Anambra State to shun all forms of electoral violence and malpractices before, during and after the September 28th Local Government Elections in Anambra State.

Ekwueme who stated this in his country home, while interacting with the youths of Oko Community, in Orumba North L.G.A., advised them to stay away from all manner of electoral malpractices that would make the wrong people emerge as winners of the polls across the wards and local government areas.

According to the youth leader, ‘Quality and accountable representation have eluded the good people of Ndi Anambra for a long time now, especially at the grassroots.

‘Thankfully, the Supreme Court has done the needful by restoring the power of the people to elect their Local Government chairmen and councilors and we are hopeful that the inherent benefits of good governance will traverse all levels in our dear state.

‘However, it is very important that we get it right this first time or we may end up without the benefits and this is why I am convinced that everyone has a role to play in the upcoming local government elections, the electorate and the aspirants alike.

‘Good governance and its benefits cannot come via a flawed process of election. A flawed electoral process is mainly what produces individuals that simply lack the capacity to hold themselves accountable to the electorate. And without accountability, there’s no representation; only self-aggrandizement.

‘Ndi Anambra, especially the youths, must choose. We must choose to either shun all the money politicking and election violence and manipulations and focus on electing responsible, accountable, credible, transparent leaders, into the political offices, or allow ourselves to be used by people who will hand us N5, 000 in exchange for our enormous power to demand accountability.

‘History has shown that money induced election is nothing but a socio-political fraud and that, we must reject in the forthcoming elections.

‘The young people are getting more informed and more aware of their capabilities and I encourage them to take a courageous stand in the forth-coming elections, by standing for what is right, and to sacrifice the very little they may be offered, as it never helped,’ he concluded.

The legal practitioner equally said he was also hopeful that the upcoming elections would be hitch free and would produce good results that would in turn give governance and the grassroots level a big lift.

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