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THE PEACELESS NIGERIA AS ELECTIONS NEAR

THE STATE OF NIGERIA.
On 25th February, this year the Nigerians will be heading to elections in order to vote in leaders at various levels, who will later represent them at those levels.
In Nigeria the security is a major concern and the country have some of its parts experiencing insecurity especially from the terror group known as Boko Haram an alleged Islamic affiliated group.
As the Nigerians are approaching the election day, the tranquility is still not a guarantee to some parts of the country. The lives of the innocent civilians are always at risk and some people usually live in fear because there is no predictable time for the attackers to attack, the invaders to do their invasion and it is only through the mercy of the deity they abandon themselves.
There are 176,846 polling units who have registered voters in Nigeria this is according to Independent National Electoral Commission, the head of the commission Professor Mahmood Yakubu further disputed the claims of election postponement by two weeks, the Chair maintain the stand that no plan of postponing election, this therefore means that the elections are still there as scheduled by the Nigeria’ electoral commission.
The chairperson to the commission also said that there are polling units 240 that did not register voters in those units. This is due to security concerns, hence there was no even single voter who registered in either of those polling station, this therefore means that the position of Presidential or National Assembly election will not take place in the said units also Governorship/State House of Assembly elections will not take place on 11th March this year
It is very sad to see that the people of Nigeria won’t express their democratic right freely just because of insecurity, the saddest one is that it is for the sake of fellow African that the native citizens also fear, and these terror members won’t also get opportunity to vote just because they are in the bush serving their own interests.
Africa still have miles to go, both politically, economically and socially, to mean development across dimensions.
It is so heartless when the African countries cannot have peace within themselves. As it is always said that peace does not come naturally to human race, it is therefore the duty of Africa to seek peace for themselves. Moreover, not all battles are won with weapons, it all depend with the strategies used and the kind of war being fought.
Africa have the power to quell the conflicts within and outside its borders without the foreign interference. Even as the Nigerians are heading to elections the deplorable state of the country should not be forgotten 
The wish is that Nigerians to have a peaceful happy election periods. 

By: GLEN DON

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