The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has cried foul over the decision of the State Government to give as a condition the submission of a voter’s card as a major requirement for one to be employed in the state civil service.

Nwoba C. Nwoba, the Ebonyi State PDP Publicity Secretary, said that such plans are fraught with fraudulent intentions.

According to him, “In the notice fliers circulating around and duly signed by Dr, Kenneth Ugbala, Secretary to the State Government, the government has ordered prospective applicants going for an aptitude tests this December to come along with their PVCs as condition for getting a job in the state.”

Nwoba, who said that he suspects foul play, alleged that the government wants to racket voters cards for jobs in the state. He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the general public to be mindful of such clandestine moves by Ebonyi State Government.

Nwoba declared that the government planned to harvest thousands of PVCs from the unsuspecting applicants and others this Christmas season as a condition for accessing different packages from the government. Describing the action as barbaric, he said “it is also a contravention of laid down procedures for recruitment into the civil service.”

According to him, the gimmick is a “criminal ploy to amass PVCs which will be used to rig the 2023 general election.”

He therefore wanted INEC and the security agencies “to be aware of a conscious arrangement to rip people off their future by stripping them off their franchise powers.
“The recruitment process is mere diversionary antics,” Nwoba said, alleging that “the exercise in reality is a smokescreen for the main purpose which is to collect PVCS and then tell stories over the outcome of the exercise later.”

He said it is necessary to call the state to order as a means of forestalling any possibility of PVCS racketeering exercise ahead of 2023 elections in the state.