Senator
Oluremi Tinubu, senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District on
Sunday urged the Federal Government to declare public holidays for collection
of
Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), ahead of the December 2018 deadline.
Her
statement was sequel to revelations by Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) that over seven million PVCs were yet to be collected
nationwide, with one million and four hundred thousand from Lagos State.
Tinubu in a
statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, said that the PVCs were the tools
towards participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.
She also
urged INEC to extend deadline of collection of PVCs.
Tinubu said
“With previous elections, Nigerians developed voter apathy due to a distrust of
the system.
” The 2015
elections taught us, however, that as individuals, our votes count. Thus, we
must rise up as citizens to fulfill our civic responsibility and ensure
accountability in governance.
“Towards the
2019 elections, INEC had released modalities for ongoing continuous voter
registration. The centres open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
“The period
should be extended; and should include weekends to allow people who were unable
to visit the centres during work hours to do so at weekends.
“INEC should
ensure that it had adequate resources to make the process quick and easy.”
She further
called for increased voter education and sensitisation to achieve the desired
results.
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