Election must hold March 28 –NPAN

The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria on Tuesday said there must be elections on March 28 and April 11. It added that the election “must produce an outcome and Nigerians must rally around whoever emerges the winner.”

The NPAN’s position is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its extra-ordinary meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.

The communiqué, signed by the NPAN’s president, Nduka Obaigbena, said members of the association reached their stance on the general elections after exhaustive deliberations “and review of the political situation in Nigeria.”

The communiqué read,“The general elections must hold on March 28 and April 11 as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The election must produce an outcome and Nigerians must rally around whoever emerges the winner.

“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.

“We call on the people of Nigeria, especially political leaders across the nation, to     eschew every form of violence. The prevalent 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.”