Embassy Official Urges Nigerians With Dual Citizenship to Vote in U.S. Presidential Election

Ms Emily Enright, the Citizen Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Abuja has urged the media to mobilise Nigerians with dual citizenship on their right to vote in the November U.S. Presidential election.Enright made the call Thursday in Yola in an interactive session with newsmen in Yola. Enright said that such Nigerians who must be 18 years and above could be able to vote from Nigeria through the Voting Absentee System that make room for U.S. citizens outside the country to vote. “We want the media to take the message to Nigerian-Americans living in your society that they do have the right to vote. “We want as many people as possible to turn out and vote in the election,” Enright said. She urged such Nigerians and other American citizens in Nigeria to visit the website www.fvap.gov to register as overseas voters. Also speaking at the occasion, the Consular Chief of the U.S. Embassy, Abuja, Ms Stalie Hankins said that eligible voters in Nigeria would be sent their ballot papers through email.