An official said a staggering amount of the uncollected PVCs belonged to women, who are important participants in elections.
has decried the huge number of old and new PVCs not collected at INEC offices in the 20 local government areas of Lagos State.
“Permanent Voter Card is the sole instrument required from the voter to participate in an election, it is an important eligibility instrument for voting without which no citizen would be allowed to partake in an election,” said Mr Agbaje. According to him, it is imperative that the women folk, particularly the Nigerian Women Trust Fund under the Gender Election Watch and others rise up to the challenge to ensure the PVCs are collected without further delay.Mr Agbaje, who expressed dissatisfaction over the low number of women flag-bearers in the forthcoming general elections, said women needed support, and encouragement and needed to be bold to fight like men to take leadership and political positions.
In her welcome remarks, Mufuliat Fijabi, the Chief of Executive Officer, NWTF, said the main objective of the engagement was to build synergy and cooperation between the group, INEC and other critical players like CSOs, religious and traditional leaders. According to her, the average women participation in politics is 25 per cent globally, about 22 per cent in Africa, and 4.8 per cent in Nigeria.
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