Tinubu Urges Youths To Get PVCs, Determine Future, Fight Poverty

By Ameh George

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian youths to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards ,PVCs, describing them as powerful tools that could determine their future and help fight poverty through the ballot.

The President made the appeal on Saturday at the APC presidential campaign rally held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Omagwa, Rivers State.

He said the 2027 general election would have far-reaching consequences for young Nigerians, insisting that their future depended on the choices they made at the polls.

The President, who is seeking a re-election, said he was working to correct the problems created by previous administrations.

He blamed the African Democratic Congress ,ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and other opposition leaders for the hunger Nigerians are currently facing, stating that the hunger did not start under his government.

He said it was caused by years of bad leadership under Atiku and others who were in power before him.

“These people who are shouting hunger today are the ones who caused hunger. Atiku and his friends were in government for years. They had the chance to build Nigeria. They did not build it. They ate the money,” he said.

According to the President, Atiku was a vice president for eight years, stressing that he had the power to change Nigeria but failed to change anything.

He said the opposition is using hunger to attack his government, noting that they are pretending that they care for Nigerians but only care for power.

The President further stated that his government was working to end hunger by investing in farming, food, and jobs.

He also said he looked “very hopeless” ahead of the 2023 presidential election but thanked Nigerians, particularly residents of Rivers State, for supporting his ambition.

He said the support he received from the people during the 2023 election gave him the mandate he is currently using to govern the country.

“Thank you for the last election. In 2022, 2023, I looked very hopeless, but you trooped out to support me, gave me the mandate. The mandate that I used to govern today. You are a positive contributor,” the President said.

The New National Star reports that Tinubu is seeking re-election as President in the 2027 election. His major challengers are Atiku Abubakar of ADC, and Peter Obi of the NDC.