Isaac Babatunde Ositelu, a candidate for president in the general election of 2019, urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country's transformation into a more powerful Republic. He stated that Nigeria will undoubtedly rise from the ashes of the current tribulations destroying the nation and its population despite the current economic doldrums, pervasive insecurity, religious discord, and political upheavals. Ositelu, a project manager and businessman, urged Nigerians to put their recent political disappointments behind them and prepare for the transition in 2023 by registering for and obtaining a permanent voter card (PVC), guarding it jealously, and making sure their future was not mortgaged through fraudulent disenfranchisement by politicians who will promise to offer them favourable terms..