{"id":251166,"date":"2023-02-24T05:41:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T04:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=251166"},"modified":"2023-02-24T05:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T04:41:48","slug":"why-inec-shouldnt-fix-elections-for-saturday-seventh-day-adventist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/24\/why-inec-shouldnt-fix-elections-for-saturday-seventh-day-adventist\/","title":{"rendered":"Why INEC shouldn\u2019t fix elections for Saturday \u2013 Seventh-day Adventist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to desist from holding elections on Saturdays, which, for them, is a \u2018critical day of worship and a date with God.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a petition, titled \u201cGeneral Elections and the Religious Rights of Seventh-Day Sabbath Keepers in Nigeria,\u201d and signed by 4,817 petitioners.<\/p>\n<p>The petition started on Thursday by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria on the global change website, change.org.<\/p>\n<p>The church requested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/nothing-will-stop-election-from-holding-on-saturday-inec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEC<\/a> change the election calendar to any day between Monday and Thursday so as to enable them \u2018to exercise their rights to freely participate in the election process.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Part of the petition read, \u201cAs a nation, we have managed to live with these differences over the last 58 years. And, like many other nations around the world, we are still striving for unity in diversity, Nigeria being a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs responsible citizens, we, therefore, call on all well-meaning Nigerians to join their voice with ours (Sabbath-keepers) in keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/23\/87-2m-to-vote-on-saturday-says-inec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elections<\/a> away from Saturdays, at least to guarantee the inalienable rights of teaming members of our faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it is, we consider Saturday a date with God, yet we want to participate in our civic duties as patriotic citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that in the spirit of fairness, this right should not be denied us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a group, Nigeria Indigenous Nationalities for Self-Determination, on Thursday, demanded that the Federal Government stopped Saturday\u2019s presidential and National Assembly elections, saying that they could not achieve any meaningful development for the country under the 1999 Constitution presently being used to govern the country.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, NINAS spokesperson, Dr David Salami, said that no election should be held under the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cFor the past 20 years, NINAS has gone out to meet with indigenous nationalities of the Middle Belt, Southern Nigeria (Yoruba), and Lower Niger Congress on modalities to work out the framework to get back their stolen sovereignty that was taken forcefully by successive Nigerian governments starting from July 29, 1966.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, NINAS is speaking; there should be no election under the 1999 Constitution. Going to the polls in 2023 would amount to exponential regrets, one that would surpass the tumultuous eight years synonymous with economic hardship, terrorism, political brigandage, kidnappings, and systemic annihilation,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to desist from holding elections on Saturdays, which, for them, is a \u2018critical day of worship and a date with God.\u2019 This was contained in a petition, titled \u201cGeneral Elections and the Religious Rights of Seventh-Day Sabbath Keepers in Nigeria,\u201d and 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