2023 general election: Who are you voting for?

With less than 50 days to Nigeria’s general election which is one of the biggest and anticipated elections, citizens have been going to collect their power card; their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

It is your power card, because with it you can elect the next president, governor, senator, and even the next local governor.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed the PVCs to the electoral wards to make the collection process easy and swift.

Your duty as a citizen is to get your PVC and vote without being influenced by the wrong things or corrupted.’

Any party that offers you money or anything in exchange for your vote is a corrupt party and will definitely ruin the future of Nigeria; your future and that of your family if elected.

So before you collect that bribe, think of your future and that of your family.

Election happens every 4 years so you will be stuck with the corrupt leader who will not remember you once elected. How do you intend to survive?

Free and fair election does not include ballot snatching, bribing or bullying. Do not be persuaded to vote for the wrong person.

Whatever it is that you will be giving will only last for a short period but the suffering will last 4 years.

Think carefully before you vote.

Vote for the best candidate not ethnicity or religion. Critically access the candidates and pick the best.

Remember a party that plans to steal ballot boxes or bribes voters is not a transparent or ideal party.

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Here is the full list of the presidential candidates and their qualification

Although 3 of the presidential candidates are quite popular, there are 18 presidential candidates in total. All running to be Nigeria’s next president in 2023.

1. Imumolen Christopher – Accord Party (AP)
2. Al-Mustapha Hamza – Action Alliance (AA)
3. Sowore Omoyele – African Action Congress (AAC)
4. Kachikwu Dumebi – African Democratic Congress (ADC)
5. Sani Yabagi Yusuf – Action Democratic Party (ADP)
6. Tinubu Bola Ahmed – All Progressives Congress (APC)
7. Umeadi Peter Nnanna – All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
8. Ojei Princess Chichi – Allied People’s Movement (APM)
9. Nnamdi Charles Osita – Action Peoples Party (APP)
10. Adenuga Sunday Oluwafemi – Boot Party (BP)
11. Obi Peter Gregory – Labour Party (LP)
12. Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
13. Osakwe Felix Johnson – National Rescue Movement (NRM)
14. Abubakar Atiku – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
15. Abiola Latifu Kolawole – Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
16. Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer – Social Democratic Party (SDP)
17. Ado-Ibrahim Abdumalik – Young Progressives Party (YPP)
18. Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu – Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)

The table below contains the presidential candidates, their running mates, their ages, political parties and their qualifications.

1	NIGERIA	A	Presidential	IMUMOLEN IRENE CHRISTOPHER	None	38	M	SSC BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
2	NIGERIA	A	Vice- Presidential	BELLO BALA MARU	None	59	M	SSC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (TEXILE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
3	NIGERIA	AA	Presidential	ALMUSTAPHA HAMZA	None	62	M	F.L.S.C WAEC NDACE
4	NIGERIA	AA	Vice- Presidential	JOHNSON EMMANUEL CHUKWUKA	None	45	M	WAEC
5	NIGERIA	AAC	Presidential	SOWORE OMOYELE STEPHEN	None	51	M	FSLC WAEC MASTER’S DEGREE
6	NIGERIA	AAC	Vice- Presidential	MAGASHI HARUNA GARBA	None	45	M	FSLC SSCE LLB
7	NIGERIA	ADC	Presidential	KACHIKWU DUMEBI	None	48	M	FLSC WAEC
8	NIGERIA	ADC	Vice- Presidential	BUHARI MUHAMMED AHMED	None	40	M	FSLC SSCE
9	NIGERIA	ADP	Presidential	SANI YABAGI YUSUF	None	68	M	FSLC SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE BSC
10	NIGERIA	ADP	Vice- Presidential	UDO OKEY OKORO	None	50	M	FSLC SSCE BSC
11	NIGERIA	APC	Presidential	TINUBU BOLA AHMED	None	70	M	BSC BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
12	NIGERIA	APC	Vice- Presidential	SHETTIMA KASHIM	None	55	M	PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE GENERAL CERTIFICATE 0F EDUCATION B.Sc AGRICULTURE
13	NIGERIA	APGA	Presidential	UMEADI PETER NNANNA CHUKWUDI	None	67	M	ST. MACHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL UMUAHIA WAEC, CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, ONITSHA LL.B, (HONS), BL. UNN AND NIGERIA LAW SCHOOL LAGOS
14	NIGERIA	APGA	Vice- Presidential	MOHAMMED ABDULLAHI KOLI	None	65	M	NASARUPRIM SCHOOL WAEC, DSS BAUCHI HND, CASS/ ABU KADUNA

 

15	NIGERIA	APM	Presidential	OJEI PRINCESS CHICHI	None	44	F	AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (AIS) AIS/AGOS LEROSEY ROLLE, SWITZERLAND
16	NIGERIA	APM	Vice- Presidential	IBRAHIM MOHAMMED	None	47	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SECONDARY SCHOOL HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA
17	NIGERIA	APP	Presidential	NNADI CHARLES OSITA	None	49	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
18	NIGERIA	APP	Vice- Presidential	HAMISU ISAH	None	45	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE ND
19	NIGERIA	BP	Presidential	ADENUGA SUNDAY OLUWAFEMI	None	48	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE MASTER OF SCIENCE
20	NIGERIA	BP	Vice- Presidential	MUSTAPHA USMAN TURAKI	None	36	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE NABTEB KANO STATE POLYTECHINIC
21	NIGERIA	LP	Presidential	OBI PETER GREGORY	None	61	M	FSLC WASC/GCE Degree
22	NIGERIA	LP	Vice- Presidential	BABA AHMED YUSUF DATTI	None	53	M	FSLC GCE PhD
23	NIGERIA	NNPP	Presidential	MUSA MOHAMMED RABIU KWANKWASO	None	66	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE TECHNICAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE CRAFT TRAINING CERT, OND, HND, POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MSc), PHD (WATER)
24	NIGERIA	NNPP	Vice- Presidential	ODIRI IDAHOSA, ISAAC	None	57	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WASC CERT. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, BACHELORS DEGREE, MASTERS, DOCTORATE

 

25	NIGERIA	NRM	Presidential	OSAKWE FELIX JOHNSON	None	57	M	NABTEB (NBC/NTC & ANBC/ ANTC) FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE B.A MSc
26	NIGERIA	NRM	Vice- Presidential	KYABO YAHAYA MUHAMMAD	None	72	M	FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE
27	NIGERIA	PDP	Presidential	ABUBAKAR ATIKU	None	75	M	GCE MASTERS
28	NIGERIA	PDP	Vice- Presidential	OKOWA ARTHUR IFEANYI	None	63	M	HSC MBBS
29	NIGERIA	PRP	Presidential	ABIOLA LATIFU KOLAWOLE	None	60	M	SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC BSC. MBA & MSC.
30	NIGERIA	PRP	Vice- Presidential	ZEGO HARO HARUNA	None	49	M	F.S.L.C WAEC
31	NIGERIA	SDP	Presidential	ADEBAYO ADEWOLE EBENEZER	None	50	M	FLSC SSCE LLB
32	NIGERIA	SDP	Vice- Presidential	BUHARI YUSUF	None	50	M	FLSC SSCE MSC
33	NIGERIA	YPP	Presidential	ADO-IBRAHIM ABDULMALIK	None	58	M	PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS
34	NIGERIA	YPP	Vice- Presidential	ENYINNA MICHAEL KASARACHI	None	44	M	FIRST LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC BSC
35	NIGERIA	ZLP	Presidential	NWANYANWU DANIEL DABERECHUKWU	None	62	M	WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE BACHELOR OF LAWS
36	NIGERIA	ZLP	Vice- Presidential	ABUBAKAR JIBRIN IBRAHIM RAMALAN	None	55	M	DIPLOMA IN LAW

 

The election is less than 50 days away, get your PVC, analyze the candidates, resist bribes and vote for the right candidate.

Remember the fate of Nigeria relies on your unbiased vote. And election only occurs every 4 years.

Choose wisely!

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