Monday,24-September 2018
Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi (Wanban Shinkafi) Condemns Buying & Selling Of Votes In Fourth Coming 2019 Election
Ahead of 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State, Governorship Aspirant (Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi) called on the electorate to refrain from selling their votes.He made the statements today in a media message via his official WhatsApp account.
According to him, Zamfara people need to rise above immediate financial gains and vote according to their conscience in order to secure their future.He added saying vote-buying and vote selling obstruct democratic processes and must be resisted in Zamfara state.He argued that accepting money to vote would amount to selling the birthright of an individual and the destiny of a nation.
He said “As part of my genuine concern for my people's democracy, I am here to urge people to shun vote-selling which is gradually eating deep into the political system of the country.
“Vote-selling is like selling your birthright as an individual and then our collective future as a nation which is wrong morally and otherwise. “A lot of our politicians have nothing to offer the people other than money, and that is why i am preaching that people should not sell their future for N5,000. “The consequence of vote buying and selling is like a Tsunami, hurricane and other natural disasters that will eventually destroy all of us, whether rich or poor, if not stopped, “
he said.
Elections should not be seen as a business transaction between sellers and buyers.
He warned that cases of vote buying and selling should not happen in Zamfara especially as the 2019 general elections draw closer. Saying
“Nigerians need to understand that a politician who gives them money for their votes today will impoverish them for the next four years because he would want to recoup his money. So “We need to work on people to desist from selling their votes because it is their conscience and future they are trading for peanuts."
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