Tag: VOTERS

June 12: IBB decries Nigerians’ voter apathy

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has urged Nigerian leaders to explore the gains of the June 12, 1993, presidential election in order to deepen democracy in the country. Babangida stated this yesterday, while speaking through his media aide, Kassim Afegbua, on Nigeria’s democracy and the journey so far. The former president noted that although Nigeria’s democracy had recorded some growth, there was still many grounds to be covered. Babangida decried increasing voter apathy in Nigeria’s election, attributing it to insincerity by the leaders resulting in lack of…

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Don’t simply lament, get involved — INEC advises voters

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has implored Civil Society Organisations  (CSOs) and the citizens, specially youths, to get involved in deepening the country’s democracy. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the commission’s consultative meeting with CSOs on Wednesday in Abuja, said that citizens should not just lament but get involved in the democratic process. Yakubu  advised CSOs to sensitise voters, especially the youth who constituted the larger percentage in the voter register, to come out and vote on election days. He disclosed that as at Jan. 17  a total…

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VOTERS IN SEVERAL U.S. STATES BACK DRUG LEGALISATION IN REFERENDUMS

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Voters in several U.S. states backed measures to decriminalise marijuana and some psychedelic drugs in referendums. According to the board of elections, with ballots still being counted in the nation’s capital, Washington, 77 per cent of voters are saying yes to effectively decriminalising a range of psychedelic plants and mushrooms. The ballot initiative would lower the priority for the enforcement of laws against the non-commercial possession, distribution and cultivation of such hallucinogenic substances, and ask prosecutors to drop cases related to those activities. Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota…

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