The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has stated it’s mobilizing its electoral power to present its candidate within the Anambra State governorship election, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, at the least a million votes.
Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the social gathering, Dr Ejimofor Opara acknowledged this in a press assertion made accessible to journalists in Anambra to counter claims that the social gathering’s candidate, Soludo plans to interact in vote shopping for within the November 8 election.
Opara stated the pattern of voter apathy within the state in earlier elections is worrisome, and that the social gathering is working arduous to reverse the pattern, together with providing prizes for native authorities areas that mobilized probably the most voters.
He stated: “We all know and even the opposition is aware of that APGA is the dominant social gathering and doesn’t require any sort of inducement to win elections right here. The converse is the truth of the opposition in Anambra.
“On this election we don’t need to simply win, we need to mobilize and exploit the electoral power of our social gathering and hit the a million vote mark. To realize this, acceptable incentives within the type of wholesome competitors should be put in place.
“This isn’t about vote shopping for in anyway, it’s about initiating wholesome competitors amongst members of our social gathering throughout wards and native authorities. A contest that can translate into elevated voter participation, not vote shopping for by any stretch of the creativeness.
“If anybody finds this disturbing then there’s something about voter apathy that works of their strategic curiosity.”
The social gathering’s spokesperson quoted figures of the final governorship election within the state, saying that regardless of having 2.7 million registered voters, solely about 200,000 voters forged their votes to determine the winner.
He reminded that the recognition of APGA in Anambra was such {that a} lady in Ukwulu neighborhood rejected cash from different political events, simply to vote APGA in 2021.
He added that by providing incentives for native authorities areas and wards that can mobilize the best variety of votes was simply to make sure most participation and never like paying for his or her votes.
