This message amongst many others was severally echoed at the #RSVP Abuja Peace Concert organized by the advocacy group, Enough Is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria) which held at the Ladi Kwali Conference Centre, Sheraton, Abuja yesterday, 26th March 2015.
The well attended event brought together popular Nigerian entertainers MI, Sound Sultan, Julius Agwu as well as up and coming performers such as DNA Twins, LK Kuddy, Krump Dance Studious, Ceaser, Debby Veren, Othmanbee, Spell, Distrikt Matters, Spotlight and many others with the aim of encouraging Nigerians to join the decision process in the coming elections by voting peacefully.
Speaking at the event which was open to everyone with free entrance to anyone with a PVC, the Nigeria Director of Osiwa, funders of the RSVP Concerts, Jude Ilo, explained how pertinent it is for every citizen of voting age to join the decision process tomorrow as that’s the only voice we have to decide who leads the country to the better place we crave.
“No one should allow themselves be used by politicians to shed blood or vandalize properties. That speaks very low of the leaders of tomorrow we are preparing ourselves to be. Besides if you give your soul because of any Politician, when you are gone, their life continues like nothing happened. Please beware Nigerians… Let’s Vote Not Fight, because no politician is worth shedding your blood for”, he adds.
Other highlights of the events were Mobile phones and Laptop giveaways among others.
Up and coming artiste, Spotlight, winner of the laptop giveaway, was overwhelmed as it came to him as a total surprise “ I had no idea they will be giving out laptops or mobile phones. I only came here to do what I do best and amazingly, everyone fell in love with my performance and started screaming they should give me the laptop. This is the Nigeria we really need where we appreciate a fellow’s efforts and not tear down. Very grateful to the organizers for this”, he said.
The RSVP Concert tour, which already held in various cities across the nation - Lagos, Jos, Kaduna, Owerri & Port-Harcourt - is a voter education and youth mobilization initiative of EiE Nigeria, a non-partisan coalition of individuals and organizations committed to instituting a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria.
MI, one of EiE's RSVP Ambassadors and a headliner in 3 of the 6 cities said, "It is important to engage as many young people as possible in the governance process and whenever I can lend my voice and my time, I'm glad to support EiE's work."
EiE believes that if Nigerians engage actively around the message of the RSVP, the quality of governance in Nigeria will improve.
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