*Spends 5 hours on queue before voting
By; FUNMI ADERINTO, Kaduna
Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday alongside his wife, Architect Hadiza at about 10.20am, arrived his polling unit 024, Unguwar Sarki in Kaduna North LGA of the state
to cast their votes, amid low turn out of voters.
In an interview with newsmen at the pulling unit, Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai while expressing satisfaction with the election process, also expressed concerns over the low turn out of the electorate, especially women.
He said from the reports he received so far, the election is going smoothly with minor challenges in Southern Kaduna where two ballot boxes were snatched, but this is no incident at all, saying technology has gone beyond that.
“The election witnessed low voter turnout and challenges in some polling units as the wrong machines were deployed,” he said.
el-Rufai said, “What worries me is that I noticed that people didn’t turn out much.”
He commended INEC for the improvement.
“So far, it is peaceful across the state based on the report we got, my only concern is that people are not coming out to vote,” he stressed.
He urged the people to come out and vote.
“You have four years opportunity to choose your leaders, and you should take it seriously because the leaders that you will elect today will run the affairs of your state as your for the next four years,” he added.
Governor el-Rufai said, “please don’t stay at home, come out and vote, but people should remember that any time you don’t come out to vote, you are giving the opposition or both the other party you don’t like because your votes will reduce the gap by one,” he pointed out.
Observing, he said, “The queue of the women is shorter than queue of the men, therefore, I appeal to all our women to finish cooking on time and come out and vote because my wife has already voted,” he said
It was observed that Governor el-Rufai stood on the queue for close to five hours, waiting to cast his vote at the presidential election.
“We are happy the elections conducted by the INEC is peaceful, and we pray that Bola Ahmed Tinubu will emerge as the President of Nigeria,” he said.
