The members of Seventh Day Adventist Church, Nigeria, have
asked the National Assembly not to fix general elections on Saturdays. The
President, Eastern Nigeria Mission of SDA, Bassey Udoh, expressed the view on
Saturday during a media chat in Umuahia, Abia State.
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He said elections should be fixed on public holidays
as done in most advanced countries of the world to give Sabbath worshippers
equal opportunity to participate during national elections. Mr. Udoh noted that
more than five million Sabbath worshippers would be disenfranchised if elections
were fixed on Saturdays. He said the church’s position was not a directive on
the government but a demonstration of interest of members of the church to vote
and be voted for during elections. Mr Udoh stated that Sabbath worshippers had
submitted a position paper to members of the National Assembly on the matter.
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