Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has
announced that his administration will soon
begin to demand the Permanent Voters’ Card
from indigenes of the state as a condition to
engage in certain socio-economic activities,
such as salary payment and admission into
schools.
The governor said this while addressing
journalists at the Government House, Owerri,
on Saturday.
According to him, the non-challant attitude,
exhibited by indigenes of the state to the
collection of their PVCs, had made it necessary
for the government to adopt certain measures
to effect a change.
He said, “The government is going to initiate
the policy of ‘operation-show-your-PVC’ before
you can enter the market to buy or sell and
before you can do business or get anything
from the government, and before your child can
be admitted into schools.
“Even before workers receive their salaries
from the government, they must show their
PVC. We cannot allow the I-don’t-care-attitude
of our people towards the exercise to continue
unchecked.”
The governor further decried that many Imo
indigenes were not interested in getting their
PVCs, which would qualify them to play a key
role in electing deserving representatives and
leaders of their choice and also enable them to
contribute their quota towards strengthening
the state.
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