In less than eight days to Nigeria’s long awaited
general elections, with many Nigerians envisaging and keeping high
expectation for the alleged long awaited ‘change’, it is also becoming
an unbelievable reality that most Nigerians will be disenfranchised.
Such Nigerians could be easily seen and interacted with in parts of
the country, especially in Ajuwon area of Ogun State, where many
residents are yet to be given their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
Some aggrieved residents where seen gathered en mass around 8.am on
Thursday February 5, at the entrance of Ajuwon High School, in Ogun
State, the slated venue for the distribution of PVCs, waiting endlessly
for officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to
distribute their PVCs but unfortunately, they (INEC officials) never
showed up.
Registered voters waiting helplessly to collect their PVCs at Ajuwon area of Ogun state
Image Credit- Vincent Ehiabhi
Reacting to the development, some of the affected residents blamed
the state INEC officials, saying they always have a snail approach to
pressing issues like this. Most of the potential voters expressed
diverse expectation on the outcome of the exercise and particularly
condemned the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr. Timothy
Ibitoye for handling the exercise with levity.
Months after Nigeria recorded success in managing the
deadly Ebola virus, fears over a new wave of epidemics occurred
February 2, Monday.
