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2011 polls:Don’t let politicians use you,Group tells Ebonyi
youth
Newsdiaryonlline Fri 1/4/11
As the nation warms up to the polls, to elect those who will run
the affairs of the country, for the next four years, the Ebonyi
Indigenes resident in the federal capital Territory have called
for a peaceful, free and fair election in Ebonyi state.
Ebonyians in Abuja believe that only a situation where the
people are allowed to make their choice of who represents them
at all levels- the state House of Assembly, House of
Representatives, the Senate, the Governorship and the president
guarantees development.
Its president -general, Ben-Bright Mkpuma, who made the appeal,
after the executive meeting of the association in Abuja, also
called on the youth
in the state, not allow
themselves to be used by politicians, who have mismanaged the
affairs of the state for more four years.
“We the Ebonyians in Abuja are fully aware of the political
killings in the state; we therefore condemn this dastardly act.
This should stop immediately, in the interest of the state and
its citizens. It is on record that the high level poverty in the
state, lack of development at all levels and the huge debt the
state has been plunged in can cause violence, but life.
It should be noted that Ebonyians in Abuja and its environs have
not endorsed and candidate, starting from those contesting for
House of Assembly to governorship.
The fact remains that Ebonyians both at home and outside
desire for a change at the centre of the state, people should be
allowed to vote for a candidate of the their choice.
The security agencies should equally give protection to
every body in the state.
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