{"id":354990,"date":"2011-03-31T23:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/what-uk-expects-%e2%80%93-bellingham\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T23:57:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:57:29","slug":"what-uk-expects-bellingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/what-uk-expects-bellingham\/","title":{"rendered":"What UK expects \u2013 Bellingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"63.616147308782\">\n<p><strong>By EMEKA AGINAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MEMBER of Parliament and United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham, has said that Nigeria can set an example of transparency, credibility and dignified, peaceful democracy in the 2011 general elections which begins tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The events over the course of the 2011 elections in Nigeria, he said\u00a0 would\u00a0 have huge significance for Africa, the region and globally.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the UK will continue to be here to help Nigeria meet that challenge, in partnership with whichever government Nigerians elect through a credible process.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThat is a choice for Nigerians, and Nigerians alone to make. To Nigeria\u2019s leaders, its politicians, elders, traditional and religious figures, I have just one message: it is your duty to your people to embrace this chance to place Nigeria as the champion of African democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c And to Nigeria\u2019s electorate; 73 million of you have registered to vote: it is your duty to your children and future generations to seize this opportunity and use your vote to choose leadership that presents the best vision for the future of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd new elections in Nigeria are now upon us. In a year where national_level elections will take place in 20 countries across the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<p>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\/?ref_noscript=vanguardngr\">comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\">blog comments powered by <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/744d77b7137989typeimg-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/04\/what-uk-expects-bellingham\/\" title=\"What UK expects \u2013 Bellingham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What UK expects \u2013 Bellingham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By EMEKA AGINAM MEMBER of Parliament and United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham, has said that Nigeria can set an example of transparency, credibility and dignified, peaceful democracy in the 2011 general elections which begins tomorrow. The events over the course of the 2011 elections in Nigeria, he said\u00a0 would\u00a0 have huge significance for Africa, the region and globally. According to him, the UK will continue to be here to help Nigeria meet that challenge, in partnership with whichever government Nigerians elect through a credible process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What UK expects \u2013 Bellingham - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/what-uk-expects-bellingham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What UK expects \u2013 Bellingham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By EMEKA AGINAM MEMBER of Parliament and United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham, has said that Nigeria can set an example of transparency, credibility and dignified, peaceful democracy in the 2011 general elections which begins tomorrow. 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