2015 ELECTIONS IN PLATEAU STATE: NOW AND AFTER Press release by - TopicsExpress



          

2015 ELECTIONS IN PLATEAU STATE: NOW AND AFTER Press release by Dachung Musa Bagos It became so necessary for me to drop a word of advice and caution on our manner of campaigns towards the February 2015 general elections. Since 1999 we have had successful transition of government from one democratic dispensation to another. Success of such transition was as a result of our conduct before, during and after the elections. We thank God for the giant strides in technology that gave us the opportunity to voice out as well as interact through the social media. I have always seen the social media as a forum of intellectuals promoting unity, progress and peaceful co existence despite differences in ideologies. It gives me cause to worry that youths have been victims and tools of negative, provocative propaganda by politicians against their opponents. If social media could have been an open field where we can physically see each other, we could have been in the state of war by now. We engage one other in abusive words like “stupid, idiot, fool, bastard, God punish you, etc” I term to wander why? We claim to be either Christians or Muslim but because of politics we have abandon the commandments of our faith(s) and result in abusing each other to the extent we won´t be able to face one another after the elections. Let me tell you the truth of what will happen after the elections. i. Who so ever wins the Governorship or Presidential elections, one day, you will see the loser and the winner shaking hands, having dinner or meetings towards a common goal ii. You will go to the streets and burn each other´s houses in the name of being aggrieved , who so ever wins will be in the state house, his opponent you fought for will be abroad while you will be under the sun as an internally displaced person (God forbid) iii. They will met behind closed doors to amend their past to work together but you will never met the Berom, Taroh, Angas etc that you have call idiots, stupid etc to amend and most dangerously you have hurt your God. iv. Their children will be schooling abroad or taken abroad during election period while they move you to the streets to kill yourselves. v. You shout at campaign rallies “sai ka yi” while their children call them on phone daddy I need this or that I can go on and on to tell you reasons why we should campaign wisely and not to be used or carried by sentiments that are personal. We should advertise and campaign for our candidates on issues towards nation building. We should look at their manifestos, digest it and ask questions We should demand for progress not destroy ways to progress, you can demand when you vote not to destroy before or after you vote Let’s be united towards a common goal. Plateau state is more than GNS and Lalong, Nigeria is more Goodluck and Buhari. Nigeria is all about you, let´s vote according to our choice that we believe will take us to the promise land not on ethnicity, religion but credibility. Unity, Peace and Progress are paramount, ask yourselves where will you be and how will you survive if your abusive nature retrogress us. With love and understanding, we can make it right so let´s get it right. Long live Plateau State Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:00:28 +0000

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