{"id":4271,"date":"2019-02-10T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2019-02-10T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T15:59:59","slug":"saraki-sends-strong-message-to-nigerian-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/saraki-sends-strong-message-to-nigerian-youths","title":{"rendered":"Saraki sends strong message to Nigerian youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed the only way the presidential election slated for February 16 can be rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Saraki in a short video clip on his twitter handle on Sunday, said election on Saturday can be rigged only when electorates don\u2019t show up at the polling units.<\/p>\n<p>He further called on youths across the country to ensure they go to the various polling units and cast their vote, adding that future of the nation lies in their hands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/Saraki-Secondus-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/Saraki-Secondus-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/Saraki-Secondus-1.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSaraki, who is also the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, urged the youths not to consider ignoring the polls as an option.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThis message is to our youths. With over 40 per cent of registered voters, you can decide the direction of our country through your votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may not be entirely satisfied with the political process, but not voting is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have started the process by collecting your PVCs, you must follow through and vote next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, all over the world, your generation decides who leads their various countries; Nigeria must not be different. You guys are hardworking, innovative and patriotic, so you must play a role in deciding who leads us for the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome Saturday, February 16, you must come out en mass and vote. To sit at home is not an option. You have a big say in your future only if you vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purported reports that the elections might be rigged can only happen when electorates don\u2019t show up at the polling units.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed the only way the presidential election slated for February 16 can be rigged. Saraki in a short video clip on his twitter handle on Sunday, said election on Saturday can be rigged only when electorates don\u2019t show up at the polling units. He further called on youths across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,16],"tags":[38,173,103],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-election","tag-parties","tag-saraki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saraki sends strong message to Nigerian youths - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/saraki-sends-strong-message-to-nigerian-youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saraki sends strong message to Nigerian youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed the only way the presidential election slated for February 16 can be rigged. 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