Next year's presidential election is bound to be one of a kind as for the first time in Nigeria's history, three political parties are set to go toe to toe against each other.
Making it more interesting is the fact that two high profile politicians from the top two political parties in the country, could be sent into retirement at the end of the election should they fail to defeat an underdog responsibility for the #OBIdient movement.
To better understand the significance of next year's general election, one only needs to look at the level of motivation among Nigerians who seem determined and ready to force a change.
There are also calls by religious leaders mandating that members obtain their PVCs ahead of the 2023 general election.
However, obtaining PVC is not enough since there's the usual concern of election rigging and whether or not votes do count.
This perhaps, may have contributed to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), declaring June 26 as a Permanent Voters Card (PVC), where special prayers would be offered.
Bishop Wale Oke, who is the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), made this declaration at the PFN secretariat during a national executive council meeting held in Lagos.
Oke while addressing the press, urged Christians to ensure they get their permanent voter cards and follow the clear directive in collaboration with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the Christian fathers on the casting of their votes.
“We will not be partisan, but not going to sleep. I declare June 26 as PVC Sunday, in which prayers will be offered and communion administered to worshippers in Pentecostal churches across the nation,” he added.
He said worshippers would be mandated to show their PVCs at churches and that the effort will bring about collaboration with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use strategic churches as registration centres.
Oke said further that the 2023 elections would be a ‘make or break’ election as Nigerians, especially Christians must be fully involved in deciding the next leader of the country.
“The nation is in pain, hence the need for a ‘Commander-in-Chief not sympathiser-in-chief’ leader is essential. We want real change, we are praying for a new Nigeria,” Oke said.
The Christian body also disagreed with Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian tickets on the ground that none would work for a multi-religious country like Nigeria.