Senator Chukwuka Utazi, representing Enugu North Senatorial District, has advised youths in the state to resist being used as thugs during the general elections.
Utazi, who is the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Thursday.
He expressed regrets that politicians, whose children were living abroad, usually recruited other people’s children as thugs to do dirty jobs for them during elections.
READ ALSO: Minimum Wage Bill scales First, Second Readings in Senate
He said: “Tell that politician who wants you to be his political thug to use his own children.
“As youths, we should resist the temptation of getting involved in electoral vices.”
The lawmaker further spoke on the need for the constituents to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) so that they could be eligible to vote during the poll.
He said that the PVC was the only power they had to be able to vote for candidates of their choice.
He said: “As a representative of the people, I want to call on them to collect their voter cards before INEC deadline.
“The PVC is the only power the electorates have to vote candidates of their choice in the upcoming general elections, so they should use it,” he said.
He said that the right to vote was so important because it gave the citizenry the power to be part of the process of electing their leaders.
“Voting during election is a civic responsibility of every Nigerian that is 18 years and above, those who qualify should be part of the exercise.
“We must not wait till the final date before going to collect our PVCs, we must get prepared to elect out leaders,” Utazi said.
He admonished the people of the state to vote for all the PDP candidates in the election. (NAN)
