Before the elections on March 11, the Organization for the Advancement of Nigerians and its affiliate organizations urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to resolve problems that were discovered during the voting on February 25.

On Saturday, February 25, 2023, INEC held the presidential and national assembly elections. There has since been dispute around the election results across the nation.

In a statement issued in response to the election's administration signed on behalf of 20 Nigerian organizations, Mr Olayinka DanSalami, Chairman of the Board of OAN, called on INEC to fix the mistakes in time for the March 11 gubernatorial and state assembly elections

According to DanSalami, Nigerians had every right to be concerned about the recently ended elections.

“We hold INEC largely accountable for the tension in the land. INEC had promised that the new biometric voter identification technology would make the election the most credible yet, but malfunctions, long delays and slow results characterised the elections and have fueled the accusations of fraud.

“This must be corrected before the governorship election on March 11, 2023. The commission must be seen to be above board for stakeholders to have faith in the electoral process,’’ he said.

He claims that the organizations were aware of certain Nigerians' dissatisfaction with the election outcomes.

He stated that they had observed widespread dissatisfaction with the way the process was carried out by Nigerians, candidates, and some political parties.

"They are clearly within their rights to express their grievances based on the high expectations they had in the electoral process and the assurances given by the electoral umpires.’’

Nonetheless, he added, they asked all candidates to emphasize to their followers that violence in response to the election was intolerable.

"Political parties, candidates and their supporters aggrieved by the outcome of the election should ventilate their grievances within the ambit of the law to seek a reprieve.

“We must guard against inflammatory statements that can stoke violence at this critical time in our country’s transition,’’ the official said.

The organizations, according to DanSalami, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret. ), state governors, election officials, and security personnel to uphold their constitutional rights and uphold their international obligations by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding free and fair elections.

He claimed that the violence coming from many sections of the nation was unnecessary and posed a serious threat to the integrity of the democratic process.

“There is a lot at stake in this general election. The election is a consequential one that would determine the fate of over 200 million people, and impact the African continent and the Black race.

“We affirm that Nigeria and Nigerians must remain as one and must not be divided along ethnic, religious and sectional lines.‘’

He says that they are pleading with Nigerians to exercise caution and express their dissatisfaction with the competitive presidential and National Assembly elections per the law.

The organizations, according to him, congratulated Bola Tinubu, the incoming vice president, Kashim Shettima, and all the incoming members of the National Assembly.

“The 2023 general election is critical and consequential. In the build-up to the poll, we urge Nigerians to elect candidates they could trust to run the affairs of the country in their best interests.

“We have keenly followed developments in the homeland over the past few days because the 2023 election is of special interest to the diaspora Nigerians as we are a very important demographic.

“We send billions of dollars back home annually to boost the economy and to support our relations on whom we also have significant influence in this election.

“We also reached out to our families and associates back home and used our influence to encourage them to vote".