Stockpile food as election approaches, Church in Nigeria advises
February 03, 2015
Concerned about continued terrorist attacks from the Islamist organization Boko Haram, the Nigerian bishops’ relief and development agency is advising residents of some areas of the nation to stockpile food as the February 14 national election approaches.
“In the case of a possible outbreak of violence, we advise that citizens in volatile places should stock essential commodities in case shops are not open for days,” said Father Evaristus Bassey, executive director of the Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria, according to the nation’s most popular newspaper.
“Citizens should, by now, make arrangements for safe havens in case they have to escape from their homes; and those who can, should move their families from volatile areas, as the right to life is stronger than the right to vote,” he added. “The Catholic Church is deploying 4,889 observers in 23 states; these observers will also stay back to observe to the end.”
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