The Inter-Party Advisory Council has said that the successful implementation of the 2023 elections require active cooperation and single-minded commitment of all key players and stakeholders in the country.
The Council National Chairman, IPAC, Yabagi Sani, stated this on Monday while receiving officials of the Council of the Wise of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development in Abuja.
Sani, in a statement signed by his media aide, Ayuba Ahmad, explained that the prevailing challenge of insecurity in some parts of the country demanded that all hands must be on deck towards ushering in the needed conducive, rancor-free atmosphere for peaceful and credible elections.
He noted, “The IPAC has developed a comprehensive programme of reaching out to strategic institutions, agencies and key players in the electoral process on the imperative of collective efforts aimed at making the 2023 general elections peaceful, transparent and credible.”
Earlier in her address, the leader of the delegation, Zainab Bulkachuwa, said the visit to the IPAC was in furtherance of the mission of the Council of ensuring deepening of democracy in Nigeria through “the emergence of a congenial socio-political atmosphere for peaceful, credible, free and fair elections under a responsive and responsible leadership”.
Bulkachuwa, a retired President of the Court of Appeal, called on the leadership of IPAC to prevail on its members, the registered political parties, to conduct their affairs in the framework of democratic principles such as inclusive participation, equity and fairness.
Contact: theeditor[at]punchng.com
