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The Kwara State governorship candidate of the Allied Congress
Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Gbemi Rukayat Saraki, on Thursday, urged all indigenes
of the state to come out and participate in the voter registration exercise,
which kicks off tomorrow nationwide.

Ms. Saraki, a senator, advised the electorate to exercise their
fundamental right, saying the right to vote is sacred and sacrosanct.

“The survival of democracy and indeed our nation’s growth will
depend on each individual being able to express his/her voting rights without
intimidation or disenfranchisement,” she said, even as she told Kwara State
indigenes that the ACPN is the true symbol of peace, people and democracy.

Ms. Saraki, in a statement she issued in Ilorin, said the only
way the people of the state can receive the kind of development they have been
yearning for is to be proactive in the electoral process.

“The coming elections can only be successful if people
participate actively in it,” she said.

She warned that failure to register during the registration
exercise means that the people would have disenfranchised themselves and would
not be in a position to vote in credible people to drive the state’s
development.

Sensitisation drive

Ms. Saraki said her party, the ACPN, has started a mobilisation
drive to sensitise people on the need to participate in the exercise.

She noted that ACPN will take over the state in May, adding that
the party is ready to ensure that developmental projects are spread across the
state.

Promising that gender-based issues will equally be addressed
with vigour, Ms. Saraki said “women will not be relegated in the scheme of
things.”