The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Tuesday halted all activities of all non-governmental organisations in the state.
According to Daily Post, Fintiri stated this during a press briefing at Government House in Yola.
He stated that the reason for the decision was to avoid vote buying associated with NGOs.
“It has become evident that most NGOs are dabbling into politics in the name of providing humanitarian assistance to the people. Government can’t fold its arms and watch such so-called NGOs mislead the people and inject divisive tendencies into their psyche.
“In furtherance of our desire to reorder the electoral behaviour of our people and remove the influence of NGOs who have reduced their statutory mandate to that of vote buying machine, government has decided to suspend the activities of local and international NGOs throughout the state until March 15, 2023, when the elections are over,” the governor said.
