{"id":27242,"date":"2014-05-29T15:58:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=27242"},"modified":"2014-05-29T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:15:28","slug":"gov-dickson-wife-collect-permanent-voters-cards-says-exercise-will-strengthen-electoral-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gov-dickson-wife-collect-permanent-voters-cards-says-exercise-will-strengthen-electoral-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Dickson, Wife Collect Permanent Voters\u2019 Cards, &#8230;. 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Dickson, who expressed satisfaction with the turnout of Bayelsans for the\u00a0exercis, however urged\u00a0the\u00a0people especially\u00a0those, who recently attained the statutory voting age of 18 years to take the exercise more seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Underscoring its importance, he said the state government declared<br \/>\nWednesday a work-free day to enable workers and other people participate freely in the exercise to ensure its success in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the challenges of the exercise, as indicated by preliminary reports at his disposal, the Governor urged those, who turned up, but were yet to get their permanent voters&#8217; cards not to despair, assuring that relevant government agencies would take appropriate measures to address the shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8221; Today gives opportunity to everyone to participate in the electoral process. As you are aware, I announced a work-free day yesterday to enable workers and members of their families, who have voting right to be part of the process and to ensure that this exercise concludes successfully.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take this exercise very seriously and I&#8217;m here with my wife to do just that; and I&#8217;m satisfied with the preliminary reports and so I&#8217;m aware that a lot of Bayelsans are turning up en masse, and I hope that they keep doing so to broaden and strengthen our democracy\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Daniel Iworiso-Markson<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayelsa State Governor, Hon\u00a0Seriake\u00a0Dickson has described the ongoing nationwide\u00a0voters&#8217;\u00a0registration and card collection exercise as part of measures by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to strengthen the nation&#8217;s electoral system.He&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Dickson, Wife Collect Permanent Voters\u2019 Cards, .... 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