Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday warned parties against non-adherence to the 2022 Electoral Act in picking their candidates for the 2023 general election.
He said any violation of the act “can undo whatever efforts of any political party or candidate if we fall foul of them.”
The governor urged parties to adhere to the Electoral Act 2022 in the choice of their candidates.
He said there were new provisions in the Electoral Act that were revolutionary.
Represented by his deputy, Kayode Alabi, the governor spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, at a one-day capacity building seminar on the new Electoral Act 2022 for political office holders aspiring for elective offices.
He urged government appointees eyeing elective offices to go through the new Electoral Act “because ignorance is not an excuse in law.”
“It is on this note that I send my best wishes to all our appointees who are leaving to contest elective offices. This is in the spirit of Section 84 (12) of the Act.
“Whatever happens at the primaries, please remember that this is one family and everyone belongs in the room.
“To win the 2023 elections, all of us must recommit ourselves to the whole essence and spirit of ‘Otoge’. We must remind ourselves always that Kwara cannot go back to the era where the destiny of our people was tied to an individual. We may disagree as progressives. That is normal. But we must never lose focus of the burden of history. To that extent, I call for unity, peaceful conduct, discipline, fairness, selflessness and respect for rule of law as we go into our primaries,” AbdulRazaq said.