The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has urged the electorate in the South East geopolitical zone to vote for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in next year’s presidential election, warning that failure to do so will result in the stoppage of the various ongoing projects across the zone.
He urgiled the voters at the presidential rally in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Monday, to effectively and wisely use their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in January next year.
According to Governor Uzodimma: “I saw the governor of Ebonyi State in his address. He read what is called the Charter of needs for the people, for South East people, and indeed for Nigeria. Our responsibility will start from now to go and look for our PVC. That is the weapon, because if President Tinubu is not re-elected, all these ongoing projects will stop. So we have to sharpen our weapon, and our weapon is our voter card.”
“The day is January 16. The ammunition is your voter’s card. So all of us, young men, young women, mothers, fathers, uncles, brothers, sisters, go and bring your PVC and vote massively. The symbol is the broom. Vote massively for APC.
“There is no name on the ballot paper called President Tinubu. What is on the ballot paper is APC, and I invite all of you to vote for APC. If you want all the roads that Governor Umahi has enumerated, the only way those roads can be completed is if we re-elect Bola Tinubu and the only way we can re-elect him is to vote for him en masse,” he appealed.
Speaking further, the Chairman of APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), said: “Days are gone when we draw our vote award to sentiment. We are not voting sentiment. We are voting pragmatism. Let me tell you, we have our enemies. When there is a new presidential election, they will come to Ebonyi. They will tell you, “This is your brother. This is your cousin. Vote for him because they want us to be marginalised.”
“This is time to stop marginalisation. The only way to stop marginalisation is to come out en masse and vote so that their brothers and sisters will be on the table where national decisions will be taken. So this time around, we are not going to vote for sentiment. We are voting for national unity. We are voting for Nigeria, and we are going to vote for Nigeria where all of us will be included.
“I am sure you have seen the crowd here. You have seen that this is an organic support. Nobody has left his seat from money till now. It means our people are in serious business.
“Speaker after Speaker have said good things about President Tinubu. In the South East, in the North Central, in the North East, in the North West, in the South South and South West. But this time around, most of the things the president has done, many of them are completed, many of the projects have not been completed,” he said.
(The Sun)