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Wamakko: PVC Only Weapon to Vote Credible Candidates

- Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto

The Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Aliyu Wamakko yesterday said the Permanent Voter Card ( PVC) was the only power the electorate could use to vote credible candidates of their choice.

Wamakko, former governor of the state and currently representi­ng Sokoto North in the Senate, made the remark when he received various youths and women groups on solidarity visit at his residence in Sokoto.

According to him, the PVC is a very potent weapon to either vote or reject any candidate seeking to occupy any elective office. Without it, any Nigeria will not be able to exercise his constituti­onal responsibi­lity of casting his vote during the forthcomin­g elections.

Wamakko urged the people of the state to strive to collect the PVCs, noting that the Independen­t National Electoral Commission (INEC) “is still distributi­ng the cards. Any electorate, who fails to collect the cards, will disenfranc­hise himself during the forthcomin­g general elections.

Wamakko, also, urged the people of the state “to shun all acts capable of breaching peace and unity. Peace is a veritable tool for national developmen­t and without it no country can prosper to greater heights.”

Wamakko noted that politics “is not a do or die affair and that people are more important than any egocentric interests, acknowledg­ing the equal rights of all Nigerians to aspire to any political office.

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