The National Peace Committee, NPC, has invited political parties, presidential candidates in the 2023 presidential election and their spokespersons to sign peace accords that will commit them to issue-
based campaigns.
According to media reports, the candidates have been invited to sign the
first peace accord on September 29 at the International Conference
Centre, Abuja.
The peace accords will be signed twice ahead of the 2023 general polls.
The first signing is scheduled to happen at the start of the campaigns this September and the second in January of 2023 just before the elections.
The first accord signing is intended to commit political parties,
candidates and their spokespersons to conduct their campaigns (both
online and offline) in a peaceful manner, devoid of ethnic, religious and
hateful rhetoric that will incite violence and further aggravate the
growing tension and insecurity in the nation.
