Boko Haram should not stop us from 2015 polls says Tambuwal

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said the security challenges in the country should not cause a consideration of the  postponement of the 2015 elections.
Tambuwal, who said he was opposed to such proposal, argued that if war-torn countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq could conduct elections, the security situation in Nigeria should not be used as an excuse for shifting the elections.

The Speaker, who spoke in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna shortly after being screened to contest the governorship primaries in his native Sokoto State by officials of the North-west zone of  the All Progressives Congress (APC), maintained that all that  was needed was for the federal government to squarely address the issue of insecurity before the elections.
According to the Speaker, there was no reason whatsoever for anybody to cancel the forthcoming elections, adding that those charged with the responsibility of protecting lives and property of Nigerians should be up and doing.

He added that apart from government's commitment to fighting insurgency in the land, Nigerians should also  pray so that the insurgency would not go beyond February 2015 when the elections are expected to hold nationwide.
"What we should hope and pray for is that before February elections, the insurgency challenges should be addressed by the government.

"There are people whose responsibility it is either as number one citizen in the country or Chief of Army of Staff or the National Security Adviser  or those charged with the responsibility of guaranteeing safety and security of the citizens as established by the constitution.
"They should do their work and ensure that we are all secured and safe. And then, let us hope and pray that by February, we should be able to come out en masse to cast our votes.

"We should pray that the insecurity should not go beyond February. What we should do is that we should be positive.
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