The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Ali Dalori, has embarked on the mobilisation of Borno residents affected by the Boko Haram insurgency and last year’s flood disaster for the Continuous Voter’s Registration ( CVR ) exercise.
Speaking during the mobilisation campaign on Sunday at Dalori ward in Konduga local government area of Borno state, Dalori said the effort is aimed to ensuring that these vulnerable groups and the underage in the previous election who are now eligible to vote to have a voice in shaping the future of their communities, state and the country at large.
He said the mobilisation drive became necessary because the insurgency and floods have displaced thousands of people, leaving them without access to basic necessities, including their right to vote after losing access to their voters cards.
The APC Deputy National Chairman North added that the initiative seeks to bridge the gap and empower these individuals to participate in the democratic process.
“The mobilisation effort is expected to make a significant impact on the voter registration process, particularly among internally displaced persons ( IDPs ) and flood victims who may have lost their voter cards or have been disenfranchised due to their circumstances.
“Some of the people have the voters cards, but due to security challenges and the last year’s flood disaster that displaced over a million persons, they lost their voters cards. Some of them during the 2023 election, they have not reached voting age, now that they have reached voting age, we have come to mobilise all of them to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter’s Registration excercise to vote in the 2027 general elections,” Dalori said.
He noted that in the 2023 general elections in the state, the APC recorded huge votes for all the elective positions beginning from the presidency to the least, saying that the party intend to triple the votes it recorded in 2023 in the upcoming 2027 general elections.
Appreciating the mobilisation visit of the APC Deputy National Chairman North to the community and Konduga, a youth leader, Bulama Modu, said the turn out of the residents to participate in the CVR is an indication that the people have Dalori in their hearts.
In the same vein, Aishatu Umar, a resident of Dalori who participated in the exercise commended Dalori for the mobilisation visit to the community and Konduga in general, saying they have formed women group to sensitise their people who have lost their voters cards during Boko Haram attacks, flood or fire incidents in their communities to participate in the exercise.
