Onaiyekan gives reason for low turnout of Nigerians for elections

Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has lamented the debased turnout of Nigerians during elections.

Speaking during an interrogation connected Thursday connected Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’, Onaiyekan attributed the debased turnout to nonaccomplishment of involvement by Nigerians due to the fact that of insincerity of the authorities and the electoral body.

DAILY POST recalls that the past FCT Area Council predetermination witnessed debased turnout of voters crossed each the polling units successful the nation’s superior city.

Airing his views, the cleric said, “This deterioration has been going on. Like I mentioned, if you instrumentality the indices of the numbers of Nigerians that travel retired to vote, you volition observe that they are precise few

“Only 23% of registered voters showed up successful the past wide predetermination due to the fact that the radical nary longer judge successful the process. Which means whoever emerged arsenic the victor had been elected by a precise tiny number of Nigerians.

“Those successful powerfulness request to marque definite the predetermination becomes acceptable and fashionable with the people.

“I could retrieve that immoderate radical were not allowed to vote. There was a batch of manipulation. I inactive retrieve however galore young radical made pilgrimages to the INEC offices for galore days to cod their Voters Cards, PVCs.