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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has called on politicians vying for office in the 2023 general elections as well as citizens of the country not to “disrobe” the challenges of Nigeria in the global market square.

Fashola who was the keynote speaker at The Niche Annual Lecture in Lagos yesterday noted that the number of new 12 million voters registered will not be enough to sway the outcome of the elections next year.

He said the number of newly registered voters in 2022 is way less than the number of voters who registered newly in 2019.

This is as the former member of the House of Representatives, Dakuku Peterside, lamented the current economic downturn in the country, saying over 90 million Nigerians now live below poverty line.

According to Fashola, over 14 million newly registered voters had been recorded prior to the 2019 elections compared to the 12 million documented from this year.

“If you look at the number of people who have newly registered to vote in this election, the last number given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is 12,332,336 people. Those are the new voters registered for this election cycle. Whereas in 2019, there were 14,360,053 newly registered voters. While in 2015 there were 6,944,752 newly registered voters.
 

“So, if the hype about 2023 is anything to go by, the number of 12.332 million newly registered voters does not support it. This is because there are 2,027,657 voters less than the 14 million new voters who registered in 2019.



“We have seen all this hype before and it distracts from the real question which should be: how can democracy, especially the elections coming in 2023 make our lives better and make our country greater. Those, for me, are what we should focus on, not about whether there will be or there will not be an election. We should focus on these questions because democracy is simply concerned about popular participation in choosing a leader or set of leaders.”

He also cautioned against washing the dirty linens of the country in the global scene saying “we can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by offering credible service and well thought out solutions.”

Fashola averred that the current situation of the country “should challenge a level of sobriety in us not excitement. A serious reflection that says this is where we have reached? My advice is that we can win elections without disrobing our country before the global community. Elections and democracy for us must represent a feast of ideas and choices that bring out the best in us and the best in our country.”

On his part, former member of the House of Representatives, Dakuku Peterside, who also spoke at the event noted that the 2023 election is peculiar as “there will be the burden of governance and this time it will be very challenging after the elections.

The former director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) added that, ‘’The reason is that managing the expectation of Nigerian people is not going to be a walk in the park. One is that we face monumental insecurity, and it is very easy to lay blame on everyone other than ourselves. Two is the fact that apart from insecurity, the young people, the talents we expect to step back and build the country, are leaving in droves to other countries, against the backdrop of the ASUU strike. And we are not replacing them.

‘So, if the youth who are supposed to build the country, if they all leave the country, who will build the country. Who are we leaving the country for? Is it the old men and women who don’t have the energy to rebuild the country?”

He also lamented the state of the country’s economy saying “another thing is the challenge of the economy. I don’t think that we have had a time in our recent past where we have over 90 million of our citizens living below the poverty line.

“Debt to revenue ratio is 120 per cent. What it means is that we don’t earn enough to even service debt. The import of that is that we are going to face very stormy days ahead. Unfortunately, the truth is that the rhetoric of politicians is widening our ethnic, religious fault lines, instead of focusing on the challenges confronting us.’’



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Not true.
If 10m out of those 12m newly registered voters decide to vote for one particular candidate, in addition to votes from previously registered voters, it would be a landslide victory for the candidate. That's reasoning it mathematically.

Realistically speaking, it is also likely that the 12m new voters contain a large number of people who still believe in APC and PDP, like those folks who voted for APC in 2019 despite the party's disastrous first tenure are still very much around and ready to vote the same party again.

ok

In other words, Fashola is saying that the lazy Nigerian youths who are gunning for Peter Obi to win the 2023 presidential election cannot make it happen.

Over to you my ever vibrant and highly esteemed naija youths to prove him wrong this time around.

Hmm
Okay

Na wa

Fashola is just supporting his master, Tinubu. But to be candid, 12 million votes for any candidate will be very significant in this 2023 elections.

Lol Buhari won last election with about 14 million votes but 12 million new registration won't alter anything?

Fashola is scared that his master Tinubu wouldn't be getting anything from the 12 million new votes,they have already planned out vote buying strategy but the emergence of Peter Obi will hinder their evil plans.

Fashola eyes and brain will soon clear to see the effects of what 12 million voters can do in this election.

Its obvious Fashola knows the majority of the 12 million youths want to vote Peter Obi.

But in a bid to support Tinubu his Master, Fashola has started making stupid statements that 12 million votes are insignificant in an election.

So this Nigga Fashola thnks Nigerians are stupid... ?

He doesn't want us to tell the world that the administration he supports and represents has made life unbearable for Nigerians...

But in 2014 - 2015, himself and Tinubu would not allow the international community to rest but where complaining endlessly about the Goodluck Jonathan administration...

Nigerians would not keep silent but would let the world know that this is the most useless administration in Nigerian history..

Tinubu would pay the ultimate price for deceiving Nigerians....

Enough is Enough: APC must Go

They keep calling it hype, time would tell.

Make do quick and come biko

Obi is just a social media sensation, just like portable and the others who rose to sudden fame because 9f social media trend not that he's skilled in his craft . This is also my first time applying for voters card after the 2007 election. Fortunately my vote is for Tinubu coz I know his contributions to Lagos and Nigerian politics. He put in administrative policies and fought several battles which his successors and the government is enjoying hence they can focus on their constitutional duties without court cases diverting their attentions.

"He also cautioned against washing the dirty linens of the country in the global scene saying “we can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by offering credible service and well thought out solutions.”

This one is for Kermit who kept saying Nigeria is a failed state!

Pauldollars:
Its obvious Fashola knows the majority of the 12 million youths want to vote Peter Obi.

But in a bid to support Tinubu his Master, Fashola has started making stupid statements that 12 million votes are insignificant in an election.

He's basically saying that youths votes are insignificant. As if the youths won't talk to their parents to do the right thing.

God bless Nigeria youths for resolving to take back our country

This is the kind of weak power of comprehensive analysis that has bedeviled the Buhari administration .
Little wonder they keep borrowing to fund recurrent expenditure, tufiakwa!!!.

They can't and don't see the real big picture in anything

Fashola should not let me lose the remaining 20% love I have for him if he keeps making senseless comments.
Someone who’s close to him should tell him that. He can show his support for Tinubu without sounding stupid

kettykin:
This is the kind of weak power of comprehensive analysis that has bedeviled the Buhari administration .
Little wonder they keep borrowing to fund recurrent expenditure, tufiakwa!!!

Imagine that

you cannot support apc and not sound fulish

I used to think that fashola had something upstairs but its now very obvious he's an empty skull in black suit.

Very silly and useless idiot who generated darkness instead of light when he was the minister of power.

Don't worry e go they like film for Una eyes when APC go lose woto woto