Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) came out of their extra ordinary meeting in Abuja yesterday with resolution that the general election must hold on March 28 and April 11 this year as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting signed by its president, Nduka Obaigbena, NPAN held that the election must produce an outcome and Nigerians must rally round whoever emerges as the winner.
After reviewing the political situation in Nigeria, NPAN said “This election is for and by the Nigerian people and it must be free, fair and held in such a way that it will deepen the nation’s democracy such that at the end of the electoral process, Nigeria must be the winner”. The association called on Nigerians, especially political leaders across the nation, to eschew every form of violence. “The prevalent of do- or-die attitude is unnecessary, unhelpful and unhealthy for our system of democracy. We must all say no to violence before, during and after the election”, NPAN said.
