Women Tasked On Active Participation In Election, PVC Collection

A non governmental organisation, Pan African Women Projects has tasked women in the country to collect their permanent voters’ cards (PVC) and to participate actively in the 2023 general elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Nigerians can now obtain their Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) between 12 December and 22 January 2023.

Speaking during the PVC Collection Drive at Garki Model Market in Abuja yesterday the head of Mission, Dr Eno Udensi told the women that collecting their PVCs and going out to exercise their franchise is their constitutional right.

“Urge your husband, children, and neighbours to collect their PVC as INEC has insisted that incident form will not be filled on election day.

“This advocacy will be done in two states in each geopolitical zones of the federation,” she said.

Speaking on the objective of the sensitization drive, Mrs. Joyce Ndem, said the NGO embarked on the sensitisation campaign to get women, particularly market women to collect their PVC.

She stressed that women should create time amid their busy schedules to come out en masse to collect their PVC.

On her part, the National Market, women leader of Nigeria, Felicia Sanni, urged the federal government to take responsibility to make the country great.

She stressed the need for the government to invest in infrastructure facilities and urged them to transform the nation’s health and education sector.

Sanni also threatened to eject women without PVC from the market.