Lagos, Nigeria, August 9, 2016 – A Chairmanship Aspirant under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ejigbo LCDA, Hon. Peter Ajayi, has implored electorate across Lagos State to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) from all local government secretariats approved by Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
In a statement issued by Mr Okunade Adekunle, Head of Media and Publicity, Peter Ajayi Campaign Organisation, the aspirant explained that the distribution of the PVCs to electorate by LASIEC is a welcome idea to avoid disenfranchising eligible voters.
Ajayi added that the electorate should see the forthcoming local government elections as a means of encouraging grassroots development, stressing that it is through their participation in the electoral process that they can bring about progress at the grassroots.
“Collection of PVCs by the people is one of the major ways of participating in grassroots politics in order to entrench democracy firmly in our nation. I want the electorates who are yet to collect their PVCs to go out and collect it because the forthcoming local government election in the state is to determine their fate and future. Grassroots governance is as important as national governance”, said Hon. Ajayi.
He called on LASIEC to put everything in place to ensure that the electorate are not stressed up in the process of collecting the PVCs.He however eulogised the Executive Governor of Lagos, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode and the members of Lagos State House of Assembly for constituting LASIEC members ahead of the elections, saying that it is an indication that Lagos State is a state to beat in the entrenchment of principle of true federalism.
“With the constitution of LASIEC by our hardworking Governor Ambode and our lawmakers in the State, it shows the government respects federalism and the functionality of local government in a federal system”, Hon. Ajayi concluded.
