The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has appealed to electorates in Osun State to resist all attempts by politicians or their agents to compromise their conscience and dignity through Inducement.
Issa-Onilu also appealed to political actors to conduct their campaigns responsibly and avoid actions that could undermine the credibility of the electoral process.
He made the appeal on Tuesday at the NOA, Osun Directorate press conference on voters education and sensitisation ahead of the August 15 Osun governorship election.
Represented by the NOA, Zonal Director for eye South West, Kehinde Ogunkunade, he said citizens must recognise that accepting money or gifts in exchange for their votes would have lasting consequences for governance and democratic accountability.
According to him, “Citizens must understand that the temporary financial gains from vote selling cannot compare with the long-term consequences of bad governance, poor infrastructure, unemployment, insecurity, and lack of social services. We must resist all attempts by politicians or their agents to compromise our conscience and dignity through inducement.”
The NOA Director-General also appealed to political parties and candidates to conduct their campaigns responsibly, stressing that elections should not be treated as warfare. He said violence, intimidation and destruction of property had no place in a democratic process.
Issa-Onilu called on young people across Osun State to refuse to participate in political violence or electoral disruption.
“The youths of Osun State must refuse to be used as instruments of violence, political thuggery, or electoral disruption. No political ambition is worth the loss of human lives,” he said.
He urged political parties, candidates, supporters and other stakeholders to embrace issue-based campaigns, tolerance, dialogue and peaceful coexistence before, during and after the election.
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