2027: Your PVC, tool to return Gov Alia — Benue lawmaker tells constituents

The Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs Lami Danladi-Ogenyi, has called on Benue residents to come out en masse to register in the ongoing voter registration exercise.

Speaking with journalists in Makurdi on Tuesday, the Deputy Speaker urged people in the state, particularly those in her constituency in Ado Local Government Area, to turn out in large numbers. She emphasised that the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) is their weapon to ensure Governor Hyacinth Alia secures a second term in office in 2027.

In her capacity, the Deputy Speaker said she had mobilised people in her Ado constituency to participate in the registration exercise.

She said, *“As a woman, I am a mobiliser, and immediately the exercise began, I set up a committee across the 10 council wards of Ado LGA. I have asked them to call on all our supporters to go to the INEC office to register so that they can obtain their PVCs.

“The PVC is their weapon because that is what they are going to use to vote for our governor, His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, for a second term in 2027.”*

She added, “The people also raised the issue of mobility, and we have made arrangements for motorcycles to convey them. We are talking about taking 10 motorcycles to each ward because we have a lot of followers.

“Instead of providing 10 motorcycles for each ward, we can also make arrangements for a 20-seater bus to transport people. In addition to that, we can still purchase about 10 motorcycles.

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“These arrangements have already been made to buy 10 motorcycles to be distributed to our campaign coordinators, as we are still maintaining our 2023 election structure, and those are the people we are working with.”

Speaking on the new leadership of the House, the Deputy Speaker described the new Speaker, Alfred Emberger, as a “sincere and principled” personality and assured the people of the state that the House would, through its legislative responsibilities, enact laws that would benefit the state, particularly youths and women.

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE