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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
A political pressure group, the Obidient Movement, Abia State chapter, has vowed to sensitise and mobilise four million voters to get their PVCs for the 2027 election.
The group decried voter-apathy and lack of interest in political activities among the younger generation, and called for attitudinal change.
One of the leaders of the Movement in Abia, Chukwuebuka Ezenna, at a press briefing in Umuahia, said: “Refusal to register for PVC simply means endorsement of the on-going rape of our democracy by a few political hijackers.
Ezenna said the briefing was in furtherance of an anti-rigging campaign known as GO MERD – Get Organised and Make Election Rigging Difficult (GO MERD), which was launched penultimate week by the national leadership of the movement.
“The success of this campaign lies in the ability of eligible voters to get their PVCs. So, we urge all Abians from 18 years and above to go out, register, collect their PVCs, and hold them firmly as a bridge to a new Nigeria,” he said.
Citing INEC source which put the number of registered voters in Abia at over two million in 2023, the group said increase in population had made its target of four million voters feasible.
“INEC statistics indicate that Abia recorded 2,120,808 registered PVCs as at 2023 with 1,949,197, representing 91.9 percent as those who collected their PVC. With the continuous rise in population growth, it is therefore our target to mobilise over four million voters in Abia to get their PVCs before 2027.”
Emphasising an earlier appeal by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Mr Peter Obi for all eligible voters to get their PVCs ahead of 2027, the group said the sensitisation for PVC registration was aimed at making Nigeria work for all.
The Movement also urged voters in the state to shun vote buying, as doing so amounts to mortgaging the future of their children to political merchants.
It enjoined traditional rulers, religious leaders and other stakeholders to join in the sensitisation campaign for the PVC registration.
