Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has appealed to the Canadian Government to lend its voice on the need by the National Assembly to expedite action toward passing the Electoral Act.
\u00a0Tambuwal made the call in Sokoto when the Acting Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Nicolas Simard, who was on a working visit, \u00a0led other officials to pay a courtesy visit to the governor.
\u00a0He noted that facilitating the passage would guarantee a stable democracy, strengthen democracy and guarantee the delivery of good governance.
\u00a0\u00a0He said that Nigerians are interested in deepening the nation\u2019s democracy and that could happen where there was free and fair election.
\u00a0According to him, free and fair elections can be guaranteed by workable laws guiding the conduct and process of electioneering system.
\u00a0He expressed optimism that if the present National Assembly passed the Electoral Act it would surely smoothen the system.
\u00a0He stressed that going by their actions on the passage of the amended laws more support and encouragements are needed.
\u00a0Earlier, Simard said they were in Sokoto to partner the state government in education, health and other areas that would improve the nation\u2019s economy and fight poverty.
\u00a0\u201c Issues of girl child education, maternal health, Gender Based Violence, Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) and the rising insecurity in the North-West regions are also of concern to the Canadian Government \u201cSimard said.
\u00a0The Tide source report that Simard was accompanied by UNFPA officials, led by Gloria Enueze, officials of Plan International, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has appealed to the Canadian Government to lend its voice on the need by the National Assembly to expedite action toward passing the Electoral Act.\u00a0Tambuwal made the call in Sokoto when the Acting Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Nicolas Simard, who was on a working visit, \u00a0led other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n