The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has begun a campaign for a new voters’ register as a condition for a free and fair election next year.
On June 23, the group will hold a rally at Onikan Stadium, Lagos, in conjunction with the members of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER).
The group also said it will use the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections to sensitise Nigerians to the principle of "one man, one vote."
The National Publicity Secretary of SNG, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said the group would continue to insist on electoral probity to push its nationwide enlightenment, which kicked off during its rally in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), last month.
Odumakin said: "As Nigerians mark the 17th anniversary of the annulment of June 12, 1993 elections by the Ibrahim Babangida junta on June 23, 2010, the SNG will continue its national mobilisation for free, fair and credible polls as we march towards 2011, which started in Abuja on May 31.
"Collaborating with the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), SNG stages a massive rally in Lagos where concrete demand would be made for a new voters’ register as a prelude to one-man-one-vote."
Speakers at the rally included Gen. Muhamadu Buhari, Dr Tunde Bakare, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Solomon Asemota (SAN), Gen. Alani Akinrinade, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Chief Bisi Akande, Prof. Pat Utomi, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Others include Mr. Ayo Opadokun, Ammad Sheik Abrahaman, Pastor Sarah Omakwu, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Bashorun Dele Momodu , Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, Mr. Femi Falana and Mrs. Ayo Obe, among others.
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