From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, yesterday, urged Nigerians to use their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), as weapon to elect credible leaders that will change Nigeria for the better in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
Shaibu gave the charge in his residence in Benin during his annual hosting of practicing journalists in the state.
“In the coming election, use your PVCs to elect persons or leaders that will fix Nigeria. Anytime, you are praying, pray that your PVCs will elect good people that will fix Nigeria”
” You know I am a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus. I have an altar here, my own PVC, when I am praying, I just put it there and said as I am going to vote next year, the result of this election is that Nigeria must be fixed by the person I am voting for”.
He said “If all of us collectively have that faith and prophecise unto our PVC and vote, Nigeria will be better for it next time”.
“The other election, we say I just like that person, let me go and vote for him or somebody influenced me let me go and vote but this time even though you are influenced, pray on that PVC that person they ask me to go and vote for will change Nigeria and all of us will be better”.
According to him, such prayer is very important because we can’t afford to have another four years of what we are having now, because the country will not stay together if we don’t change the tide now
He said, “to change the tide, both the federal and state must be able to work in synergy to the extent that things will work to the generality of Nigerians. It is no longer issues of this one is closer to me than the other one but about our country now”.
On his part, chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, Mr Festus Alenkhe, commended the state deputy governor for keeping to his promise of hosting practicing journalists on a yearly basis.
