‎2027: Fubara’s support group collapses structure into Rainbow Coalition

PORT HARCOURT: A political-pressure group in Rivers State, Rivers Women Unite for Sim, RWUS, has collapsed its structure into the Renewed Hope Agenda family and the Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. 

The group also called on women in the state to go all out to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, and prepare to participate actively in the 2027 general polls.

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‎Convener of the group, Mrs. Sotonye Toby-Fulton, who spoke during the monthly prayer meeting of the group in Port Harcourt with the theme “Peace Be Still”, told women that without their PVC, they cannot participate fully in the polls, urging those with temporary cards to go and obtain permanent ones. 

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He said: ‎”Your PVC is very important. Your PVC is your power to make a difference. They say 99 days of the week for the thieve but one day for the owner of the house. Do not be discouraged. Do not be afraid.

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‎”So please, as we worship, as we pray, and as we give thanks, remember: if you don’t have it (PVC), go and get it. This is my permanent voter’s card, my PVC. Not the temporary one. If you have done it and you have the temporary one, ensure that you have your permanent one. And look after it.”

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‎Toby-Fulton, who warned women against selling of their votes, urged them to be calm but resilient during the election.

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He said: ‎”Do not sell it for 500 naira. A lot of things are happening. But we are friends with God. God is not going to come down and cast votes for us. It is in our hands. It is in our power.

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‎”When you are challenged, when you have any kind of worries, tell yourself, call your name, and say, “Peace be still.

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‎”Everybody is talking about 2027. God is keeping us alive. 2027 will come and go, but if you do not have this to participate, to make your voices heard and loud, you are nothing. You are nowhere. And as we use it, we pray that God will confirm that which we want in the name of Jesus. May Almighty God bless each and every one of us.”

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However, the former chairperson of Federation of International Women Lawyers, FIDA, in Rivers State, Adata Bio-Briggs Esq, said it is expected of every indigene of the state, particularly women to obtain their PVCs to guarantee their participation in the process and to bring about the needed change they are praying for. 

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“We’ve been preaching this message for a long time. We must have our PVC. The PVC is what will give you the access that you need, what you need for good government and everything.

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 “Without that PVC, all this thing we’re talking, we’re just playing. So it’s for all of us all to come out. Even on the election day, don’t say “I have PVC” and sit at home. On election day, you come out and exercise that your franchise.”

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‎Also speaking, Dr. Caroline Okpokiri promised that the women would come out en masse to participate in the forthcoming electioneering campaigns. 

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Okpokiri said: “So we encourage our women that every woman, as an advocate, as an intercessor, to go about with her PVC. Because as mothers, we have children that we can influence at home. As mothers, we can also influence our husbands when it is time to vote. We’ll come out to vote, we’ll stand and vote, and we will protect our votes.”