HAMZAT URGES LAGOS YOUTHS TO COLLECT PVCs, TARGETS FIVE MILLION VOTES FOR APC

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Obafemi Hamzat, has urged youths to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and participate in the 2027 general elections, saying their votes would determine the country’s leadership.

Hamzat made the appeal at a youth mobilisation event organised by the Action Grassroots Alliance on Sunday.

The event, tagged “Youth Mobilisation to Victory for PBAT and KOH 2027,” was organised to rally young voters behind President Bola Tinubu and Hamzat ahead of the 2027 elections.

Represented by the Deputy Director-General of the Lagos State APC Campaign Council, Rasaq Olusola, Hamzat particularly urged first-time voters to collect their PVCs and participate in the January and February elections.

“To the first-time voters, I want to appeal to you to ensure you take part in the January and February elections. The first step you need to take is to make sure you collect your Permanent Voter Cards. You must make sure you collect your PVCs so that you can have the opportunity to participate in the elections,” he said.

Hamzat also urged the youths to encourage their friends, family members and associates to vote for the APC, describing the party as capable of addressing their challenges.

“To be a good ambassador of the APC, you must ensure you encourage your friends, your family and associates on the need to vote for the APC, because that is the only party that can address our challenges and attend to our problems,” he said.

The Director-General of the alliance, Salewa Adegbenro, said the group was targeting five million votes from Lagos youths for Tinubu and Hamzat ahead of the 2027 elections.

Speaking to journalists at the event, Adegbenro said the alliance was embarking on door-to-door mobilisation to persuade young people to support the candidates.

“We are looking at about five million votes from our youths because we are trying our best. We are doing our mobilisation and speaking to our people from door to door to ensure that they vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Dr Obafemi Kadri Hamzat in Lagos State,” she said.

She said the alliance was mobilising young people because of their energy and capacity to influence national affairs.

“The reason we are mobilising youths is that we know they are very energetic. We all know the capacity of youths, especially Gen Z, and their power to move nations. Our youths have the capacity to make things happen if they want to. That is why we are here today to encourage them and speak to them,” Adegbenro added.

She said the alliance had established structures across Lagos State’s 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas to drive its mobilisation.

Adegbenro added that the group was working with local government and council authorities to assist eligible youths who had yet to obtain their PVCs.