{"id":175015,"date":"2025-08-19T08:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/elections-not-won-on-social-media-says-kaduna-gov-sani"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:55:30","slug":"elections-not-won-on-social-media-says-kaduna-gov-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-not-won-on-social-media-says-kaduna-gov-sani","title":{"rendered":"Elections Not Won on Social Media Says Kaduna Gov Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has mocked the opposition after the bye-election, stressing that elections were not won on the social media.<\/p>\n<p>This was as he warned politicians against relying on social media propaganda to win elections.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said this on Monday during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting after the All Progressives Congress, APC, won two state constituencies and a federal constituency in Saturday\u2019s by-elections in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, political victories were secured through grassroots mobilisation and good governance, not online battles.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sani criticised opposition parties for focusing on \u201cTwitter (X) battles and Facebook noise\u201d, adding that the APC\u2019s emphasis on inclusivity and people-centred policies gave it an edge at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no ballot box on Twitter. There is no ballot box on Instagram or Facebook. Elections are won at the grassroots, not on social media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has mocked the opposition after the bye-election, stressing that elections were not won on the social media. This was as he warned politicians against relying on social media propaganda to win elections. 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