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By Emmanuel Awosika
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsa State Governor Duoye Diri have said the electronic voting can solve many problems facing the country.
The duo made this known while speaking at the Third Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Ogbia held at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Otakeme on Sunday.
Jonathan stated that the security challenges in the nation were the result of politicians seeking to gain power through illegal means.
Calling for the adoption of electronic voting, the former president said e-voting could solve problems of insurgency, cultism and corruption in the country.
“Our political activities, particularly the use of young people as militiamen and thugs to win elections, have increased the security challenges facing our country. Some of these youths are so protected that even the police cannot arrest them because they are ‘boys’ to powerful politicians who use them during elections.
“That is why I have always advocated that for us to move forward as a country, we must adopt electronic voting where nobody will use thugs to win elections. With electronic voting, hooliganism and cultism will drop by at least 50 per cent,” he said in his address.
On his part, Diri charged youths to resist politicians who want to use them as tools to futher their selfish political aims.
Diri, represented by Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said the government was “ready to make youths self-reliant and prosperous by teaching them agriculture and other legitimate endeavours.”
The two leaders made donations to the Ogbia Diocese and encouraged the clergy to remain steadfast in prayers for the state and Nation.
