Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Sambo reiterates call for peaceful 2015 polls

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has called on Nigerians to conduct themselves peacefully during and after the 2015 elections as he collected his Permanent Voter Card (PVC). 
The Vice President collected his PVC yesterday at the INEC distribution centre located at the Kaduna North Local Government Secretariat, Magajin Gari,  Kaduna, Kaduna State.

He was accompanied by the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero and received by the Kaduna State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Haliru Tambuwal.
The Vice President, while praying for the peaceful conduct of the general elections, pledged that the administration was determined to deliver free and fair elections.
He said: “I am highly pleased that this morning, I collected my INEC PVC, I will seize this opportunity to call on all Nigerians to have a peaceful election in 2015.”
While tasking INEC to deliver free and fair elections, he said it should be  “one man one vote, one woman one vote and one youth one vote.”
As the New Year approaches, Vice President Sambo prayed Almighty Allah that “we have a blessed, prosperous and successful 2015.”
Commenting on the progress of the PVC distribution in Kaduna State, Governor Ramalan Yero, observed that despite the initial hitches, the exercise was progressing in the right direction, stressing that INEC had assured that all duly registered voters in the state would not be disenfranchised.
Other top government officials and PDP stalwarts accompanied the Vice President to the collection centre.
SS Usara
FOR: UMAR SANI (SSA MEDIA AND PUBLICITY TO THE VICE PRESIDENT)

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