Ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his calls to foreign government representatives not to interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs, warning that such will not be tolerated.
The President made this call yesterday when he received Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Senegal, and the Republic of South Sudan at the State House.
President Buhari further stated that Nigeria is working closely with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deal with insecurity in the region and also implement strategies to contain the spate of unconstitutional changes in government in the sub-region.
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He called for cooperation and collaboration from the countries to overcome challenges in West Africa.
President Buhari invited friendly countries to support efforts to address the challenge of insecurity, fight against corruption, diversification of the economy, and our efforts in promoting good governance.
President Buhari had in February 2022 asked foreign diplomats not to meddle in Nigeria’s politics.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the final list of registered voters for the upcoming polls.
In the list made available to political parties on Wednesday, Lagos State has the highest number of registered voters with 7,060,195, followed by Kano State with 5,921,370.
The list showed that INEC registered 93, 469,008 voters for the general polls.
The 93,469,008 registered Nigerians will decide who will become the next president of Nigeria among candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party, Peter Obi and candidates of other parties in the 2023 presidential election.
Many Nigerians have continued to look forward to the poll which is slated to hold on February 25th as it appears set to be the most keenly contested elections in Nigeria’s history.