2023: Osinbajo Sends Important Message to Nigerians Over General Election

• Nigerians have been urged to remain calm as the country is set to go into a general election in the year 2023
• The call was made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha
• According to the vice president, it is necessary for Nigerians to change their perspectives about the country

A strong message as been sent to Nigerians. The message was sent by the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo.

Specifically, the VP asked Nigerians not to exercise fear or despair over the current challenges rocking the nation as the country prepares for the 2023 elections.

Punch Newspaper reports that the Osinbajo expressed hope that Nigeria would overcome the difficulties as the elections and population census would be conducted peacefully without rancour.

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Osinbajo who was represented by the secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, expressed these views during the 2022 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols held on Sunday evening at the National Christian Centre in Abuja.He said:

“Your theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Fear Not’. This is a very important subject for everyone of us even as we approach 2023 which has been described as a year that Nigeria seems to be at a crossroad. We are approaching the year 2023. Yes, we are going to have elections and we are going to have a census exercise.

“All these issues come with a lot of questions, but we have an assurance from our Lord and Saviour. He will not let our hearts be troubled. We should believe in Him and believe in God.”

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He said:

“As Nigerians prepare for the general elections in 2023, many people are not sure of the outcome. There are fears that some may resort to violence if the elections do not favour them. It is a period that arsonists have already destroyed election materials in certain places with the mindset to truncate the process of the elections in 2023."

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Source: Legit.ng