..meets EU Observers
John Alechenu, Abuja
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has insisted that the over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to take part in the exercise.
He spoke against the backdrop of concerns being raised about the possibility of students missing out of the exercise because of the inability to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards.
Mr. Obi also expressed worries over the inability of some Nigerians in a few states, particularly in Lagos state to collect their Permanent Voters Card, PVCs.
The Presidential candidate said this while playing host to a delegation of Election observers from the European Union EU-EOM, late on Monday.
Obi had while answering a question on the fate of about 3.5 million students that may not exercise their voting right if at least one week holiday is not given to enable them return to their area of registration, said ”…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
