A regional group, Egba Economic Summit, has urged Nigerians to exercise extreme caution on the recent elections by being circumspect, patriotic and responsible in their comments.
The President of the group, Shina Luwoye, in a statement on Wednesday, urged aggrieved Nigerians to follow constitutional means of resolving perceived electoral irregularities rather than calling for outright cancellation of the results.
He noted that such calls for cancellation will have a negative humongous impact on the micro and macro economic indices and worsen the hardships currently being endured by hapless Nigerians.
Luwoye, a former President of the Trade Union Congress, said the Constitutional provisions for addressing electoral disputes were adequate and should be exhaustively explored as “calling for cancellation amounted to throwing the baby out with the bath water”.
He added, “Elections have been concluded and results have been collated up to state levels. Obviously the winner has emerged at all levels.
“Any cancellation at this point shall amount to annulments of the election with grave consequences for any rerun and these could terminate our nascent democracy.
“These are the consequences of these evil propositions and must be rejected and resisted by all persons and institutions in Nigeria.”
While congratulating the newly elected legislators, Luwoye, expressed the readiness of Egba Economic Summit to collaborate with the Senator and other honourable members of the National Assembly in working through with the Egba agenda for the 10th Assembly notably on the desire of Egba Nation to host the University of Medical Sciences and a Free Trade Zone.
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