2023 elections: You no longer have to be a moneybag to contest elections in Nigeria – Femi Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has listed the positives the just concluded 2023 elections has recorded.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, he listed that the myth of political structures has been destroyed, young people are determined to take back their country and candidates no longer have to be moneybags to contest elections.

He said; “There are some positive developments that were recorded. For instance, the myth of these political structures has been destroyed whereby people have shown that we are the structure, and the people are the structure ultimately.”

“Secondly, young people have also shown this time around that we are going to determine the future of our country. Thirdly, you no longer have to be a moneybag to contest elections in Nigeria. Another development is that whereas the Senate chamber has been converted to a resting home for former governors; this time around, many of the governors lost their seats, they lost in the election and so they won’t be able to go back to the national assembly.

“The other development is that sitting governors and sitting president could not win their states for their political parties. So, in spite of the challenges, a number of positive developments have been recorded by our country, and of course, I think the most significant is the use of BVAS for accreditation. It has improved the accreditation of voters,” Falana said.