The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed worries over a large number of uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by eligible voters in the Southeastern region.

In a statement issued by the spokesperson, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, Tuesday, the group condemned political apathy among the residents of the region shown already in their unresponsiveness to the collection of PVCs.

Ohanaeze warned that it is goals that win games in football, and not dribbles, saying a lot of people only make empty noise on the internet without exhibiting political behaviour at the polls, despite the extension of the collection of PVCs by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The statement read, “Ohanaeze expresses concern that there are thousands of permanent voters’ cards that are yet to be collected by their rightful owners.

“To this end, Ohanaeze draws a distinction between robust campaigns and social media activism on one side and voting during an election on the other.


“While the modern campaigns cannot be delinked with the Internet, in what some call technological determinism: that is, the thinking in some quarters that the Internet drive the historical, economic, political and cultural changes, in reality, it is the voting behaviour of the group that determines electoral outcome at the polls.

“In other words, while dribbling the opponent in a football match is key, it is the number of goals scored that will ultimately count. It is therefore very strange that an Igbo of whatever class or creed will be reminded of the need to vote in the forthcoming general elections.”

Meanwhile, the group applauded Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi for declaring two days as a public holiday for people of the state to collect their PVCs.

Ohanaeze also urged other governors to follow suit in allowing their people to go to INEC offices and collect their PVCs ahead of the general elections which begin with the presidential election on February 25.

“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide commends Engr. Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State and the Chairman of South East Governors Forum over his decision to declare a two-day public holiday to compel all the public servants in the State to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC). This is as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extends the collection until Sunday, January 29, 2023.

“While commending Governor Umahi for his pragmatic sensitization of the Ebonyi populace towards the forthcoming elections, Ohaneze Ndigbo calls on all the Governors of Ohanaeze states to apply the Ebonyi paradigm in their respective jurisdictions,” Ohanaeze said.

“Similarly, the Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) led by Chief Emeka Diwe is also requested to deploy their grassroots prowess to implement a policy of “no PVC, no community rights” in all the Igbo communities across the entire Igboland.

“Emphasis is hereby made that no genuine Igbo should allow local, private or selfish interests to override the Igbo collective interests. Every Igbo should therefore realise that the PVC and voting on the election day are the sinequanon for the actualisation of the Igbo collective desideratum for 2023,” it added.

Ezeama400:
Other SE governors should declare public holidays for two days like that of Ebonyi governor for PVC Collection so that the remaining few people that haven't collected can go and collect theirs..

Meanwhile, I don't know why urchings below me are throwing party whereas the so called stronghold of their tiny god is on fire...

Northern block votes: In the mud

Strongholds: Political apathy

owobokiri:
The state governors in the South East are the biggest enemies of the people of the South East. Each of them sees himself as a potential Nigerian president in the future and so worry about Peter Obis emergence. They have never liked his style of politics. It's not dirty enough for them. Moreover the northerners keep fooling and enticing them with that insulting notion that the north will hand over to them after Atiku. Very emberassing set of confused egomaniacs! If not for their personal vaulting ambitions, they would have declared some public holidays. But they won't do so because it will favor Peter Obi.

Flathead8:
Lol Tinubu has 4 regions to rely on(NW,NE,NC and SW).. Pandora Anini has only SE

The joke is on u

Ezeama400:


Urchings must urchinate, make em go collect certificate of return nah...lol

You guys behave like clowns..The funniest part is that you belive that Tinubu Will clear entire SW including two PDP states like Osun and Oyo because he's the son of the soil, but you don't belive that Atiku or Kwankwaso will win northern APC states... (You have declared yourselves wise ones while northerners are fools right ?)



Urchings will tell you that APC had 1 million governors, but they didn't learn lesson from PDP predicament that was controlling this country and many states before the emergence of Buhari...


The most deluded set of people in Nigeria are urchings...
They so much love fantasies than realities

Flathead8:
Lol I'm a northerner and you can't tell me any better.. Tinubu will defeat Atiku in the north!

raumdeuter:
INEC will count likes on Twitter and Nairaland

tobenuel:
Aga muta nwoke!!!

Flathead8:
"saying a lot of people only make empty noise on the internet"

Nyamiri flat.head Osu, your elders said na only mouth una get! Instead of u to increase yr population to 8% from 5%, una still wan reduce am!

Na only Upper Iweka Pandora Anini go see 5%

TheChameleon:



Bunch of clowns.

Better advise your flat headed youths to focus on Biafuro.

No Aso Rock for una for the next 5 centuries. Just know that one.

By the time Peter Obi comes 5th behind Sowore... una eyes go clear.

Flathead8:
"saying a lot of people only make empty noise on the internet"

Nyamiri flat.head Osu, your elders said na only mouth una get! Instead of u to increase yr population to 8% from 5%, una still wan reduce am!

Na only Upper Iweka Pandora Anini go see 5%

Flathead8:
Lol I'm a northerner and you can't tell me any better.. Tinubu will defeat Atiku in the north!

Believeintruth:

Believeintruth to his useless homosexual father

You are frustrated at life. You don't have sense