2023: Please collect your PVCs, vote APC, Bankole to Nigerians

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader, Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs), Hon. Tolu Bankole has charged Nigerians to ensure they collect their Permanent Voters Card and vote the ruling party candidates at all levels during the elections.

Bankole made the call in a statement he made available to CAPITAL POST on Sunday.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC last week, resolve to devolve PVC collection to the 8,809 registration Areas and Wards from Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January 2023 to make it easy for the collection of PVCs by electorate.

Following this development, the APC chieftain has urged voters to come out en masse, collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), so as to vote All Progressives Congress, APC candidates during the 2023 general elections.

Hon Bankole stated that Nigeria will emerge stronger and better due to the enduring foundations laid by the incumbent president in his best strides across infrastructures, social investment programs, security and other sectors.

He however expressed optimism that the country will experience renewed hope if the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is elected.

Hon Bankole harped that government is a continum, which explains the renewed hope pact with Nigerians. He said:

“2023 is a momentous year especially in the life of our country. We must ensure the choice of an acculturate Nigerian with a track record of unparalleled achievements in both private and public sectors.

“We must understand that the progressive ideals of All Progressives Congress, APC is bigger than any individual. Hence, the need to vote for a candidate who will build on the gains of the incumbent and offer far reaching elixirs to the current challenges in the country.

“Let us embrace reason and truth. We must be unanimous in shunning those bent on stoking the embers of hate using religious and ethnic fault lines. Our chief objective must be competence in the choice of leadership which Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope epitomizes.

“I call on all Persons With Disabilities who have not collected their PVCs; those who applied for transfer or replacement of cards across the country to go and collect their PVCs at their electoral wards in order to achieve our drive for political, educational, economic and social inclusion of PWDs through the ballot.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission has devolved PVC collection to the 8,809 Registration Areas/Wards from Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January 2023. To ensure those that are unable to collect their PVCs at the Local Government Offices of the Commission can do so at the Registration Areas/Electoral Wards.

“Let me appeal to the election umpire that Persons With Disabilities must be treated with consideration due to our peculiarities during this PVCs collection period across the country to minimize the incidences of ill treatment in previous exercises.

“For the umpteenth time, I call for the dignified inclusion of PWDs in political campaigns. No candidate is expected to treat PWDs as miscreants during campaign. I frown at any campaign model that will derogate or endanger the lives of PWDs. All PWDs must be treated in a dignified manner during campaigns”, he added.