President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, in London, said with lessons learned from the 2023 general election, Nigeria was positioned to do better in subsequent polls.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed late Friday titled ‘Lessons we learnt from 2023 elections, by President Buhari.’
Buhari, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general election, cited the high voter turnout and the generally peaceful atmosphere under which it happened.
While thanking the Commonwealth for sending a team to witness the conduct of the elections, he noted that the elections were generally free and fair, and the mood of the Nation after the announcement of the winners so far shows that democracy in Nigeria is maturing and can only get better.
The President also highlighted the key role Nigerian youths played during the elections as well as in support of national development, attributing a great part of this youth participation in the General Elections to the assent of ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill signed into law by his Administration in 2018.
He announced that Nigeria would also host the Commonwealth Youth and Students Summit for African Region, with the theme, ‘Making Change Happen’ in Abuja from May 9-11, this year.
