Dr. Ngonzi Okonjo Iweala, a former finance minister of Nigeria, has discussed what she observed when voting on February 25, 2023, in her polling place.
On Saturday, Nigeria held its seventh consecutive election under the democratic era, and Okonjo Iweala went back to her house to carry out her civic responsibilities.
Following the exercise, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, returned to Geneva, Switzerland, but she did not do so without disclosing what she found odd.
It is on record that Nigerian youths turned out en masse to cast votes for their choice of presidential and National Assembly candidates on Saturday. It was the first time an election in the country would receive such a massive attention from the young people.
Okonjo Iweala said that ‘all’ the young people in her village in Umuda Isingwu village, Umuahia, Abia state, cast their votes, adding that the election was largely peaceful.
“Back in Geneva, happy to have voted & to see Nigeria’s youth in action! All the young people in my village had PVCs & voted.
“Despite some challenges, thank God for a largely peaceful election. We pray for peace to prevail. Wishing all of us & Nigeria well at this important time,” she wrote.
