The Director -General, National Orientation Agency NOA, Garba Abari, has called on Nigerians to shun all forms of electoral violence during the March 18th gubernatorial and House of Assembly polls.
Abari made the call in Kano during a media dialogue.
The dialogue was to present report on the agency’s interventions before, during and after the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Abari said that the agency had organised political parties summit on peace building, media engagements on sensitive reporting, as well as advocacy visits to traditional and religious leaders to ensure fair and violence-free polls.
According to him, NOA mobilised its officers across the 774 local government areas, pointing out that the personnel visited markets, motor parks, palaces and worship centres to enlighten the people on the need for violence-free elections.
