Fight Poverty By Using Your PVC To Re-elect Me, Tinubu Begs Nigerians

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and use them to support his re-election bid, describing the card as a weapon against poverty and a tool for achieving economic development.

Tinubu made the appeal on Saturday, November 7, 2026, while addressing supporters at the Rainbow Coalition presidential campaign rally held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The President urged Nigerians who were yet to collect their PVCs to do so, insisting that the electoral instrument remained their most effective weapon in determining the country’s economic direction.

“It is left for you to use the weapon you have, and that weapon is the PVC. If you have not collected yours, please go ahead and collect it. Please, I beg you, I take God beg. The weapon you have against poverty is to elect progressive development of our economy. That is what I am pursuing,” Tinubu said.

The President’s remarks came amid his campaign activities ahead of the 2027 general elections, in which he is seeking a second term in office.

Although Tinubu framed the PVC as a weapon for economic development, his appeal at a rally organised in support of his re-election effectively urged voters to use their cards to sustain his administration’s economic agenda.

Addressing Nigerian youths at the gathering, the President also stressed that the outcome of the forthcoming election would have significant implications for their future.

“To the youths of Nigeria, I am looking at you. This election is about you, it’s not on me. Your future depends on this election. This progress has no reverse gear,” he said.

Tinubu also defended his administration’s economic policies, maintaining that the government was already sharing prosperity and clearing outstanding pension and gratuity payments allegedly left unpaid by previous administrations.

He cited retired engineers, welders and teachers as beneficiaries of the payments, arguing that his government was working to ensure that different categories of Nigerians benefit from the country’s economic progress.

The Rivers rally was organised by the Rainbow Coalition, a political alliance mobilising support for Tinubu’s second-term ambition ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

The event attracted several political leaders, including Vice President Kashim Shettima, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Tinubu’s appeal comes as political parties and their supporters intensify mobilisation ahead of the 2027 elections, with economic performance, living costs and the direction of government policies expected to feature prominently in the campaigns.