All Progressive Congress (APC) North West zone described as worrisome the large amount of uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) still in the custody of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) despite the fact that the election is around the corner.
The Youth Wing of the Northwest zone of the party which on made this known on Thursday after its youth zonal meeting in Kaduna lamented that most of the PVCs belonged to youths.
According to the youth, it has begun mobilization of the youths to go for the collection of the PVC ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The Zonal youth leader, Abdulhamid Umar Mohammed while fielding questions from newsmen said, “the zone cannot afford to lose votes of the youth because they constituted 25 percent of the voting population in the zone.”
“Our commitment as the APC Northwest youth wing is to mobilise the youths in the zone to commit themselves to voting during the 2023 general elections, he stated.
“We are calling on the youths to go and collect their PVCs because a lot of PVCs, from INEC statistics, belong to the youths. We know the number of them that have been collected and those that have not collected.
“We have thought it wise to create awareness to ensure that the youths collect the PVCs because the importance of youths in the forthcoming elections.
“Everybody knows the importance of the youths in an election because they form 75 percent of the voting population across the country and 25 percent in the Northwest.
“Before now youths in the country were used for thuggery, but we are grateful to APC government for making sure that youths are engaged in political activities without being used as thugs
“We appreciate the APC leaders in the zone for the political importance attached to youth. Each and everyone knows the vital roles youths played during the last general elections which gave victory to APC throughout the country.
He said: “Therefore, we will continue to mobilize the youths in the zone towards committing themselves to ensure that APC wins the elections again in 2023.”