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Your PVCs Are Your Rights, Your Weapon, Katuka Urged Electorates
By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto
Alhaji Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi has advised the electorates while on governorship campaign visit to Silame and Binji local governments areas.
He said without voter cards they cannot fight any of the opposition parties,moreso have no right to pin point any wrongdoings of the winning party.
Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko in his remarks, while cimmending the gatherings said God willing,the success is theirs considering the mass participation of supporters at the rally venues.
He similarly advised them to preserve their PVCs,”do not allow anybody to influence you with meager amount to collect your cards for their greed of power,those type of people are not the preforming types,they will only suck your blood and further cause you heartbreak and eventually what happen ?”,Wamakko left them to answer for themselves.
Ahmad Aliyu,the governorship candidate assured them equal distribution of devidence of democracy as the ruling government denied them right for portable drinking water,quality education and other aspects of social amenities.
He challenged the people of the areas to come forward and reveal to the gathering what they had gained from the ruling PDP in the state for the past eight years.
Series of influentials in the areas joined APC for its corporate projections.
February 18, 2023
Shun Votes Buyers, Preserve Your PVCs – Achida Urged Electorates
By Ibrahim Goronyo,Sokoto
The All Progressive Congress party Chairman in Sokoto Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto has urged eligible voters to shun away from the threat of votes buyers who are out to destroy your rights through voting candidates of their choice.
He said ones you sold your rights tou have no words to complain on nonen performance of devidence of democracy as they have to restore what they used in buying votes.
Achida who was speaking to newsmen shortly after the Gada,Illela governorship campaign also challenged the APC party supporters to endure the few days that remain for elections.
He averred that with their support APC is certain to win all political positions in the state adding that Ahmad Bola Tinubu is a person who loves wellbeing of the masses.
“The eight points agenda of the incoming APC governor entails provision of good governance,improve farming activities,provide sound and quality education,improvement in security coupled with consideration to less previledged members of the society,uplift standard of traditional rulers,Chief Imans and all it takes to make the society free of political bondages”,revealed Achida.
February 7, 2023
Ambode thanks Lagosians for endorsement, asks youths to get PVCs
The immediate past governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has appreciated Lagosians for endorsing his contributions to the development of the state.
The 58-year-old All Progressives Congress chieftain also urged youths to get their Permanent Voters Cards ahead of the 2023 general elections.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, he wrote, “After all we have been through, God has been faithful. Thank you for the overwhelming endorsement of our modest contributions to the growth of Lagos. It can only get better for Lagos, and indeed Nigeria. The youths are coming. The power is in their hands. Go and get your Permanent Voters Card (PVC) ready. Your future is NOW!”
Ambode was Lagos governor from 2015 to 2019 and had lost his reelection to Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the APC primary due to intra-party squabbles.
Ambode, the first Lagos governor to stay in office for four years since the return to democracy in 1999, was said to have been kicked out after APC leader and strong man of Lagos politics, Bola Tinubu, anointed Sanwo-Olu.
Like 56-year-old Sanwo-Olu who assumed office in May 2019, and would be completing his first term in office by May 2023, Ambode is constitutionally permitted to be in office for one more term of four years if the electorate so decide.
Before Ambode, the current Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was Lagos governor between 2007 and 2015 while Tinubu was governor from 1999 to 2007.
Since he left office in 2019, Ambode has been extremely politically reserved. He also has not been seen at functions with any of his predecessors or his successor.
Though political permutations have earnestly begun ahead of the 2023 elections, Ambode has not declared his intention to run for second term in office but there are indications that Sanwo-Olu wants to return for another four years.
“I think we are doing a very good job, I dare say so. I think the citizens know what it is they will be missing if they don’t let us continue to wrap up all the things we are doing,” Sanwo-Olu said in a recent interview when asked if he has any plan to throw his hat into the ring in the next election.
February 1, 2022
ActionAid Enjoins Nigerian Youths To Obtain PVCs, Shun Violent Extremism
By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs Ene Obi has urged Nigerian youths to register and obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to enable them vote in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in the country.
In a release, The Country Director, made the call at the passing out parade and graduation of 500 Peace Ambassadors of the 2021 Youth Peace Camp held in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday.
Mrs Obi urged youths to register and collect their PVCs, saying it was the only way they can participate in the decision making process of the country.
She admonished them not to allow themselves to be used as agents of election violence, especially as the 2023 general elections draw near but work in the area of promoting peace and unity in the state and the country and at large.
“Your registration is your participation in the governance process and your voting makes you contribute because governance is for the people by the people and for the people.”
“One of the essence of being a peace ambassador is to look at the value of life and so when a life is lost, a mother is hurt. So ActionAid Nigeria believes in the quality of the human lives. We believe that we are all equal,” she said.
The country director noted that her organisation has trained a total number of 1,500 Peace Ambassadors within three years as part of its System and Structure Strengthening Approach against Radicalisation to Violent Extremism (SARVE II) Project through capacity building and skills acquisition to enable them become self reliant.
Mrs Obi therefore, charged the youth to be transparent and shun any behaviour that will lead to violent extremism in the state.
In a remark, the Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Alhaji Kassim Suleiman, represented by the Director Youth, Mr Abukakar Umar, advised the peace ambassadors to always preach the language of peace among their families, communities and the state at large.
He commended ActionAid Nigeria and her partners for prioritising the needs of the youth and assured of the state government’s commitment to developing the youths, in order to make them employers of labour.
Earlier, the Executive Director, Global Peace Development, Mr Ebruke Esike said the purpose of the 2021 youth peace camp was to create the culture of peace among youths and ensuring that they have capacities of mitigating conflict in their communities.
Mr Ebuke noted that the programme was in line with the United Nations Resolution 2250, aimed at building a strong youth force that will contribute to peace processes and conflict resolution both at local, national, regional and international levels.
The one-week youth peace camp with the theme: ‘Shaping Peace Through Harmonious Cohabitation’ was organised by ActionAid Nigeria, in partnership with Global Peace Development and Beacon Youth Initiative, with funding from the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).
Participants of the 2021 peace camp consist of youths from 12 communities in six local government areas of the state, where the SARVE II project is being implemented.
September 19, 2021