The Nigerian elections in 2023 will be place in significant part between February 25 and March 11, 2023.
Following the current course of events in the country, eccentric entertainer and social media phenomenon Charlyboy, better known as Area Fada, has stated that there may be no general elections in 2023.
Charlyboy stated this in a personal interview with the Daily Post. In this interview, Peter Obi, an avid supporter of the Labour Party's presidential candidate, shared his pessimism about the probability that the political heavyweights who have held the country captive for so long would not be ready to give over authority to Nigerians in the approaching elections.
"There may be no election next year going by what I see. I don’t think that these people who have their stronghold on the nation’s political space are willing to relinquish power to the people.
“I repeat, there may not be an election next year. I have been saying this since last year. The way things are going, I doubt it. Nigeria is on a free fall. I have been saying it for years”, he wrote.
When questioned about the present situation of the nation's economy in regard to the naira-to-dollar exchange rate, Area Fada believes that revamping the nation's currency is a pointless undertaking and an attempt to concentrate on what is important.
I was telling my family that a dollar will get to N1500. Look at what is happening now; it’s almost getting to N1000. There you are. The redesigning of the Naira is not a solution. How can it be a solution when you are producing nothing and you are not exporting? So you just keep printing money to pay salaries and you think that’s a solution?
“Do you know what will happen at the end of the day? Because anybody who has money now, will not have tomorrow. If you have 5 million Naira today, some people will think it’s a lot of money, but do you know that every day, that 5 million Naira that you have in the bank keeps depreciating?
“If you give it another 4 months, that money will be worth 800k. So where do we go from there? So it looks like there may be no election next year. Everything points to that fact.”
A significant section of the Nigerian elections will take place between February 25 and March 11, 2023. The President and Vice President will be elected on February 25; the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, is unable to run since his mandate has expired.
