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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN RETROSPECT (Part one)

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The recently concluded general elections in Nigeria was one of the most keenly contested in the annals of our nascent democracy since 1999. The elections were greeted with so much excitement and enthusiasm from Nigerians, most especially young Nigerians between the ages of eighteen and thirty years. The dynamics that shaped the contest were quite different from previous elections. The incumbent administration of President Muhamadu Buhari and his party, All Progressives Congress APC will be passing the baton of leadership to a new one in May. The APC's administration from all indices performed below per. Under their watch, Nigeria was code named as the poverty capital of the world, over 50 million Nigerians slide into poverty, banditry and kidnapping were rife in the North, especially in north west, oil production dropped as a result of massive oil theft, unemployment rose to over 30%, our railway infrastructure were attacked and passengers kidnapped in Kaduna and Edo stations, stud...