Nigeria Decides: Full Text Of Buhari’s Address On Election Eve

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday encouraged all Nigerians to cast a ballot openly in the February 23rd Presidential and National Assembly races.

The Presidential hopeful of the decision All Progressives Congress (APC) additionally guaranteed the worldwide onlookers and local race screens of their wellbeing amid and after the surveys.

The President made these known when he tended to the country in an across the nation communicate.

In his location, Buhari focused on the significance of races and furthermore approached Nigerians to indicate confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to convey the free and reasonable decision it guaranteed, in spite of the baffling delay of the surveys by seven days.

Buhari stated, "I trust INEC understands the significant and profound obligation that settles upon it.

"We should throw away uncertainty and have confidence that INEC will meet the challenge at hand. We should accept and urge INEC to satisfy and respect this duty it owes to our nation.

"As your President, I thusly ask all Nigerians with casting a ballot cards to partake in characterizing the eventual fate of our country by practicing your vote based rights tomorrow. I encourage you to go out and vote."

Peruse the full transcript of the President's discourse beneath:

Dear Nigerians,

At long last, we have achieved the eve of the rescheduled first round of the current year's general decisions.

2. Tomorrow, the surveys open. Tomorrow, we avow that Nigeria remains as a vote based system and that no common hand can hinder us from this shrewd and fitting way we have decided for ourselves.

3. While vote based system is the most advantageous approach to choose a country's heads, it is a long way from the least demanding thing to accomplish and keep up.

4. It requires a mix of persistence, resistance, empathy, perseverance, knowledge and expectation. These characteristics exist in us the Nigerian individuals. On account of our identity, popular government gets the opportunity to thrive in this land.

5. Along these lines, I compliment every one of you for your understanding and tranquil lead so far amid this discretionary season and particularly amid this interceding week following the deferment of the February 16 races.

6. Many were concerned and figured the most exceedingly awful may occur. You refuted them by demonstrating that you are an incredible people with a standing affection for harmony, majority rules system and the solidarity of our nation.

7. I trust INEC understands the significant and profound obligation that settles upon it.

8. We should throw away uncertainty and have confidence that INEC will adapt to present circumstances. We should accept and urge INEC to satisfy and respect this duty it owes to our nation.

9. As your President, I thusly ask all Nigerians with casting a ballot cards to take an interest in characterizing the eventual fate of our country by practicing your law based rights tomorrow. I encourage you to go out and vote.

10. I state this since races are the foundation of delegate administration. Furthermore, casting a ballot establishes the most elevated and best articulation of the sovereign will of the general population to pick the legislature that best speaks to them.

11. It is just upon the openly communicated will of the general population that legislature genuinely committed to the welfare, rights and interests of the general population can be established.

12. Try not to enable anybody to dishearten you from the activity of your rights as nationals and voters tomorrow.

13. Regardless of our political leanings, we as a whole put stock in Nigeria, in the honorable standards for which it stands and in the qualities we take a stab at our darling country to maintain.

14. All who are capable must cast a ballot with the goal that we may better immaculate this majority rules system and keep on building the more prominent country we look for.

15. Try not to fear bits of gossip about brutality and agitation. Our security organizations have worked constantly to guarantee that sufficient safety efforts are set up.

16. You will most likely vote in a climate of transparency and harmony, without dread from danger or terrorizing.

17. Worldwide and local screens and eyewitnesses are guaranteed of their security and opportunity of development expected to play out their vital capacities.

18. As we thank residential screens and eyewitnesses for their commitments to our popular government, we likewise thank the worldwide gatherings for the kinship and concern they have exhibited to our country.

19. We value their endeavors in urging us to additionally dig in and fortify our popular government.

20. Tomorrow is an experience with history in which you, the general population, will attest your aggregate faith in our national enormity and in our future.

21. Respect your community obligation as voters by setting off to the surveys tomorrow to vote in favor of your preferred legislature, for the administration that will lead Nigeria toward its best predetermination.

22. As nationals, there is no more noteworthy obligation than this and no more prominent respect. Tomorrow, I realize you will by and by make Nigeria glad for its kin.

23. May God favor our majority rule government and everlastingly favor the Federal Republic of Nigeria.