Voter apathy culture political insult to Southeast - NYCN
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Voter apathy culture political insult to Southeast – NYCN

…says Anambra has over 2m registered voters, but when it comes to the elections, it has less than 500,000 persons participating in elections

The Anambra State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has described as political insult culture of voter apathy prevalent in Anambra State and Southeast in general.

Chairman, Surveyor Obi Emeka Chukwudi stated this at commencement of a 3-day Youth Sensitization/Electoral Awareness programme for the 2023 General Election across the three Senatorial Zones in the state.

He said such negative disposition showed certain level of unseriousness of people of the region towards nation building.

The programme themed, ‘We have 2.5 million votes, use it to determine the future you want’ commenced with a road show in many parts of Awka including Eke-Awka market, UNIZIK temp-site, Amawbia flyover, Umuokpu Building materials among others.

Chukwudi said, “As youth leaders in the state, we deemed it fit to sensitize the people to come out and participate in the upcoming elections.

“In the time past, Anambra is with over 2 million registered voters and 2 million collected voters’ cards but when it comes to the elections, it has less than 500,000 persons participating in elections.

“It is a political insult for us in the Southeast and Anambra having the habit of not voting. It makes it look like we are not ready to play our role in the nation’s polity, especially now that we are complaining of exclusion.

“So, there is need this time to do this sensitization to ensure that we vote massively. Our votes are our passport to a better Nigeria,” he stated.

On his part, State Youth leader of farmers, Chisom Onugha, described the awareness programme as a reawakening project in the sense that the people cannot continue to complain.

“The gap is as a result of voter apathy. We can no longer continue to complain as youths when we have the capacity to determine who wins the next election.

“We want to tell our people that it is not enough for you to go and get your PVCs but it is equally important that you come out to use your PVCs to vote on the election days,” he said.

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