masse at collections centres for the Permanent Voter Cards to beat the
Sunday deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Bayelsa State Government, led by the State Governor, Seriake Dickson,
and the pro-Jonathan group, Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria,
embarked on last-minute sensitisation to woo eligible voters to
collect their PVCs.
Traditional rulers were not left out as they provided some logistics
for officials of INEC in their domains to aid performance and issuance
of voter cards to indigenes.
A visit to some parts of the state showed an increase in the number of
eligible voters coming out to collect their cards six days before the
presidential elections.
Commenting on the development, Coordinator of TAN, Bayelsa State,
Wenipire Seibarugu, said the rate of collection of the PVCs had
improved.
He, however, urged the INEC to ensure that PVCs for all registered
voters in the state were made available for collection to avoid being
disenfranchised.
Seibarugu, who was a Deputy Governor in the State, said TAN would work
with all critical stakeholders in Bayelsa to ensure President Goodluck
Jonathan got 100 per cent of the votes at the poll.
According to him, Bayelsans have no choice but to come out en masse
and vote for President Jonathan, adding that voting for him is a duty
every Bayelsan owes him as a worthy Ijaw person.
Seibarugu, in reacting to criticisms against the Jonathan
administration, said he (Jonathan) had performed creditably well and
deserved massive support from Nigerians irrespective of political
affiliations.
He noted that when re-elected, Jonathan would place Nigeria within the
top 10 economies in the world.
He urged Bayelsans to take advantage of the extension of the
collection of the PVCs and ensure that they collect their PVCs to vote
for President Jonathan.
Seibarugu commended Mrs. Patience Jonathan for mobilising Nigerian
women to vote massively for Jonathan.
--PUNCH
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