THE Chief Executive Officer, of Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu, has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Integrity Movement (ANIM) to focus on issues-based campaigns rather than criticising and castigating the candidates of other parties.

THE Chief Executive Officer, of Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu, has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Integrity Movement (ANIM) to focus on issues-based campaigns rather than criticising and castigating the candidates of other parties.

Akobundu made the call after the APC support group conferred matronship status on her during a courtesy call in Abuja yesterday.

She said the call was necessary in view of the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari made a vow at the 2022 UN General Assembly to ensure that next year’s elections are violence-free and credible.

“Our party should lead by example by conducting a violent-free sensitisation, campaigns and elections just as the President had vowed at the UN General Assembly, where he promised the world to conduct free, fair and credible elections. So, as members of the APC and Nigerians, we should help him to realise that mandate.