2023 ELECTIONS: CLARION CALL ON NDIGBO TO VOTE by The International President, Christian Association of Igbo Ministers Worldwide

 

 

In less than three weeks from today, Nigerians of voting age will go to the polls to elect a new president and other political officeholders at different levels.

As a major ethnic group accounting for over one quarter of the country 's  population, the Igbos are major stakeholders in the Nigerian project. I, therefore, call on all Igbo-speaking people all over the country to awake to their civic responsibilities and participate fully in the forthcoming voting exercise this month.

I urge you everyone to strain every nerve to collect your PVCs and vote. Take some time off from your businesses and other engagements to collect your PVCs and vote. The election period is not a time to travel back home or stay in the house to watch television. Come out and vote wherever you are. No sacrifice is too much to make in order to participate in this forthcoming election.

For many years, our people have been apathetic towards political participation in the country. This has led to our not making the required inputs into policy making and decisions that will shape the future of the country. It has resulted in marginalization of our people and the negation of our corporate interests in the scheme of things.

There must be a paradigm shift in our attitude towards politics which is the greatest avenue for national development. It is through active political participation that personal and group interests are articulated, projected, defended and realized. Decisions and policies which impinge positively or negatively on individuals or groups are made through politics. As a people, we must stand up to be counted in the affairs of the country of which we constitute a strategic part.

I appeal to parents, religious leaders, traditional rulers, community leaders, President -Generals of town unions at home and outside the homeland to do all in their powers to sensitize everyone within their spheres of influence to actively participate in this all-important national civic responsibility.

I call on all ministers of the Gospel and christians generally, to pray fervently for peaceful, free, transparent, and credible elections throughout the country. Pray for divine intervention in all aspects of our national life. 

God bless Ndigbo!

God bless Alaigbo!!

God bless Nigeria!!!

Signed:

Apostle (Dr.) Solomon CHUKWUEMEKA Okorie

International President,

Christian Association of Igbo Ministers Worldwide