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Former minister of defenses, Lawal Batagarawa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that insecurity threatening the forthcoming general election is lowered to allow Nigerians go to the polls to vote candidates of their choice.
He made the call at the 20th annual Daily Trust Dialogue yesterday in Abuja.
According to him, “The cashless society policy being pushed by the Central Bank of Nigeria is a huge challenge threatening peaceful elections because if people are concerned about changing their money within a short timeframe and are also expecting to come out for elections, it could result in poor elections turnout.
Batagarawa who urged President…
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