E-Transmission: Nigerians Will Not Be Intimidated By Senate — CSO
A Civil Society Organisation, Movement of the Transformation of Nigeria (MOTION), has declared that Nigerians will not be intimidated by the position of Senate President Godswill Akpabio following the Senate’s rejection of real-time transmission of election results, as the group insists that the will of the people must prevail.
The convener of the group, Hauwa Mustapha, stated this on Monday during an interview on Arise Television while reacting to protests staged by Nigerian youths against the Senate’s decision.
Mustapha said lawmakers must recognise that citizens remain the most important stakeholders in a democracy and that public opinion should not be ignored.
“It is high time those elected to the Senate understand that it is the people who matter most and our voices must count.
“We stand on our right to demand the electoral act amendment bill, and they don’t have the right to override our demand.
“For us, primarily, the objective is to categorically express our feelings, our disappointment, first of all, with the way the Senate appears to be toying with the fate and the interest of Nigerians, and we made our voices very clear and loud. And I think that’s the most important thing.
“And then we also saw that broadly, we had support of Nigerians from everywhere, those that were not able to come, we saw their solidarity on the social media. So, to that extent, it was quite successful,” she said.
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