- Senator Sonni Ogbuoji asks Nigerians to avoid trading their PVCs for money during the 2019 general elections
- Ogbuoji believes that the active participation of the electorate in Ebonyi state in 2019 will determine the winner of the election
- The APC governorship candidate says the party is poised to right the wrongs created by the PDP government
Senator Sonni Ogbuoji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election in Ebonyi state, on Thursday, November 16, pleaded with the electorate not to engage in vote trading.
Ugbuoji further said the votes of the electorate would be the determinant factor for the outcome of the 2019 general elections in Ebonyi.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogbuoji, who currently represents Ebonyi south zone, spoke at Okpoduma in Nwofe, Izzi local government area of the state.
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The report said Ogbuoji, who spoke during the 14th anniversary and thanksgiving of Ragina Pacis Foundation (RPF), a non-governmental organisation, founded by Chief Edward Nkwegu, an industrialist and politician asking the voters not to sell their votes.
The governorship candidate asked the people to ensure they make the right choice rather than make money what would determine those that would lead them.
Ugbuoji advised the voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) just as he urged them to shun monetary inducements.
“You must resist those who will try to deceive you or buy your votes during the elections and I want to say that your votes will determine who governs you from May 2019.
“APC government is determined to right the wrongs perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government, which has privatised governance and subjected the citizenry to hardship,” he said while commending Nkwegu, the founder of RPF, for promoting functional education through the foundation.
He stressed that the initiative would empower the people with requisite financial knowledge and vocational skills for self-sustenance.
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The lawmaker said that vocational education and skills acquisition would enable the students to become employers of labour instead of becoming a liability to their parents and to themselves after leaving school.
Nkwegu had earlier said that the foundation, which was established 14 years ago, was designed to provide succour to the poor and less privileged members of society.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reports that the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said that the electoral umpire was poised to conduct free and fair elections in 2019.
Yakubu gave the assurance when he delivered a keynote address at the 6th Convocation Lecture of Oduduwa University (OUI) in Ipetumodu on Tuesday, November 13.
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