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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Coalition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National And Diaspora Certified Support Groups, (COPAG), has charged the National Assembly to take steps to legalize Diaspora voting in the country.
The coalition in a statement by its leader, Comrade Vik-Morrow Ulo, on Sunday, said expressed displeasure that there is no extant making possible for Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote during elections, in the country, at the moment.
The group stated that as part of measures to ensure that ensure that Nigerians in the Diaspora participates in the 2023 polls, it has changed commenced a scheme called ‘Diaspora Supports for Grassroots Mobilizations and Sensitizations in Nigeria’.
It noted that the PDP youth leader, in the United States of American( USA), Daniel Akeni as the Director General of COPAG, as part of efforts to mobilize Nigerians in Diaspora for the actualization of the presidential bid of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
“With regards to the none constitutional provisions for Diaspora voting, the Coalition of PDP National And Diaspora Certified Support Groups (COPAG) aka: International Coalition of Certified Atiku Groups (ICCAG) took up the responsibility to build solid Diaspora Solidarity as means to encourage strategic participation of Nigerians in the Diaspora for the Presidential Elections in 2023.
“COPAG is the very first and foremost assemblage of Atiku’s officially recognized national and diaspora support groups leaders since 2018.
“The newly appointed US leader of the International Coalition of Certified Atiku Groups, previously campaigned for Senator Adeleke in the USA and Osun State and he is today the Governor Elect of Osun State,” the coalition stated.
