 This is exactly how you vote. You put your thumb on the stamp part, and then you vote right here, and then make sure that your thumb is taking a lot of ink, so that it can show correctly on whatever candidates you are supporting. Thank you. Like we know, and like I said earlier, it is no news that many Nigerians don't know how to vote correctly. Some people turn prints across the line, some don't even get enough ink to turn prints correctly. And that is why we came on the street to teach people how to vote correctly. Thank you very much for staying with us. This is the Vox Pop on the Way Show, and of course, it's your girl Dami. Thank you. See you next time. Bye bye. D-Day is fast approaching, and despite the economic frustration all over the country currently that is experienced by Nigerians, majority have armed themselves with the tool for change with the PVC. Now, to ensure that our votes are, if efforts and our motivations do not go to waste, it is imperative that the citizens are adequately informed on the expectations and adequately prepared to vote for their preferred candidates. Here is a list of things you can do as you prepare for the forthcoming elections. Okay, who would come back to that? What are some of the dos and dos that you think citizens should take notes of as we prepare for the elections? Please, let's hear what you have to say. Remember, you can join the conversation, send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 0818 038 4663. You could also tweet to us at WeShowAfrica1 with the hashtag WeShow. Okay, I mean, we've been talking, voting, voting, voting, voting, voting, and I remember when we were talking about it in the microphone today, and it's like, so what are we even supposed to do in the first place? How are we supposed to go about that day? Well, I'm very sure we're all going out to vote, right? It's only unoma that I wouldn't expect to vote, but I'm sure the three of us sitting on this table would be going out to vote on Saturday. Maybe please don't look at me like that. Most definitely, most definitely. Okay, so then I just want to, we'll be talking tonight about what the voters should know, what the process might be like or what are the steps that it is that we should take. I know one thing for sure is we need to stay away from wearing any emblem or any crest of any party, irrespective if you support the party or not. This is just for your own safety. Like I said, we need to hide our heads, right? And try to stay safe because that should be our priority, it should be our priority right now. So one thing that I would say is stay safe. Don't wear any crested, you know, merch or whatever it is on that day. Angie, what do you have to say? I would say be safe and in other ways, there are other ways I think you can be safe. Some people are going to go out with bats for their own personal safety. Like you rightly said. Some people are going to go out with tasers for their own personal safety. But I know also because of the weight and because of the duration of the whole election process, verification and what have you. People are advised to have something to drink, have something to snack on, have like a starter pack, have an umbrella, you know, water, very essential food or something. Because they are going to be under the sun, sunscreen, personal protection. You know, there are different ways people wear sneakers just in case something happens. So yeah, you're better off just wearing like a t-shirt and jeans or a t-shirt and joggers. Just simple, you know, very basic casual outfit just for comfort and ease of movement. Mary? I think for me I would say I think we should go out early, which is like the stated time. The earlier the better, you know, because at that time people are still not thinking of being that violent. And I will come from the point of prepare your mental state in the sense that you're an individual. It doesn't really matter who the people around you are voting for. Make up your mind. This is what you want. Whoever it is, you know, you have to be sure of yourself and go there, perform your civil rights as a citizen of the country and just go home. You know, violence is really not the solution to things. So for me the preparation of the mental state, you know, it's not the time to have any debate about who are you voting, why should you vote this person. It's okay. Everybody is entitled to have their different choices. So I would say just make up your mind mentally. It doesn't matter if your candidate wins or not. But you know in your heart of heart that this is who you want to vote for and you have your reasons for that. So go out early, perform your civic duties and you know, just go home and rest. I think it should be a free day for everybody. Yeah, okay. Noma. Noma, are you there? Okay, I think we lost Noma. So I was actually going to mention that I think in the first place, I mean I want to believe that everybody that intends to vote on Saturday. Everybody that intends to vote on Saturday already has their PVC right. So I would also say identify people around you who you are going to be in the same polling unit as well. Yeah, identify your polling units because I'm aware that under the vehicles might not, there might be no vehicular movement. So you might have to be able to walk to your, so make sure that you are very close to your polling unit. You might not have the opportunity, you know, to drive there. Very important to have a power bank. People like me that our phones don't last so long. My phone literally stays 20 minutes. So it's very important that you have a power bank to, you know, charge your devices and all of that. Have an umbrella or, you know, sunshade like NJ said. Rob your sunscreen to protect your face or wear a face cap or a hat or something just to make sure that you're comfortable. Have some water to drink with you so that you're not dehydrated. Because I mean you're going to bring this on. I would know that this day is not smiling. I think that's some key, you're going to say something? Yeah, I think I would also advise that maybe you could share your location with family and friends. You know, if you think you've been out there for quite a bit and you know, maybe because of how slow the process is you can just share your location. Just so that someone is, you know, aware of where you are. That's common now, leaving so that helps to be safe. It's very important to wear clothes that you'd be very comfortable in. And you said wear your sneakers just in case. Yeah, you know. I can see that, you know, there's the voting procedure, which as says the voting starts about 8.30 in the morning. So when you get there, I'll just run through the procedure. When you get there at 8.30 in the morning you present your PVC for accreditation using BVAS. And after that you check to be sure that your name is on the register of voters in the polling unit. And after that you get authenticated with the BVAS through a fingerprint or facial biometric. After that once you're accredited, you will be issued a ballot paper. Now, when you get that is when you're now going to the voting cubicle to make your choice in secret and drop your marked ballot paper in the ballot box. So you can leave there, you can leave or stay 300 meters away from the voting area to weakness, voting, sorting, accounting. So this is just a brief on the voting procedure and how it's going to go on Saturday the 25th of February and also on Saturday the 11th of March, which is next week. So it's the same procedure. And I just hope that the government from speaking from that angle that they are indeed ready for these elections because for me I feel like they are basic areas that they need to pay attention to which is like logistics, the movement of either the ballot materials or ballot papers, the general ballot materials and even officials that will be taking part in this election process. And then also I think that they need to be trained so that they know what to expect. I feel like if we were ready for these elections certain units would have been trained even in physical combat a bit just so that when some of these situations and challenges arise they can be able to manage these situations. Then also like what we're doing which is voter sensitization which is just telling the voters who are in those areas that do not have access to like social media in order to get updated on what is expected when they get to the polling units. So I saw a video online where a pastor in a Catholic church a priest in a Catholic church was actually sensitizing church members on how to the thumbprint so that it is counted as valid. So things like that were citizens that's why it is a patriotic act. We as citizens should do our own bit in any way possible to actually let people know this is and this is what is expected so that we do not go through this whole process only for a lot of votes to be void at the end of the day. So people need to come out because I'm sure a lot of technology has been put in place in order to monitor and also I see beavers so that means they've imputed some technology in order to monitor and report these cases. So in security is another thing. So once we are able to cover up all these areas I think we're fine then we're ready for the election. Alright if you just tuned in with our ladies night out and were discussing voter sensitization do's and don'ts to take note of please let's hear what you have to say remember you can join the conversation send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 0818384663 you could also tweet it to us at Weshaw Africa one with the hashtag Weshaw our phone line is now open please call us in 07025007749 I think Unuma has something to say Unuma go ahead Yes Can we hear you? Yes we can hear you Alright if you also have to work the ladies have been talking about I think it's important for us to double check if possible, triple check if we have an opinion now sometimes people can be in a rush so it won't be a good opportunity for you to cut down to pack what you need ahead of time put your opinion in your bag and show that everything that you need is put into one location so when it's time for you to move then you can move another thing that we need to pay attention to is respect for privacy a lot of people who go to polling and you begin to try to find out what your friends are who your friend is voting I think this is not the time to do that I think it's time for us to concentrate on the mission and which is to vote so you go and carry out your civic duties and also do other's privacy so that they too can carry out their civic duties in secrecy your vote is yours to keep and also you should be able to respect other people's privacy another thing that I would really want to emphasize is for us not to use cameras or use our phones to be taking selfies whether in the polling booth or things like that those things can actually be offensive and then if caught you might be facing charges so we have to be very vigilant at this time we have to be very sensitive to the times that we're in so please those who are tempted to use their camera phones to take selfies of themselves whether they're performing their duties as much as possible please desist from doing that and then when you finish voting it's also not a good time to be revolving around because sometimes for example wearing a campaign t-shirt you might become a target to people so please let's be very watchful do what you need to do and as quickly as possible you can move away from the area and safeguard yourself don't also try to write on ballot papers because you're going to render your ballot in value I think these are some of the points that I wanted to just and lastly please say a word of prayer as you're casting your vote and believe that your vote will definitely count it's a step in faith for a lot of us who are people of faith and we believe that as we put action to our faith that we will see the results that we decide thank you so much thank you Noma I like what Noma said about respecting people's privacy because I actually what's the word now I can't pre-empt that a lot of people would actually want to see what other people are doing and then there will be a lot of peeking and peeping and from there I was at the supermarket this evening just before I came to the studio and I was just still paying for what I got and one man just walked up to me a random person and then he said who are you voting for on Saturday and I was taking it back for a bit I was like am I supposed to answer or am I supposed to and I just smiled and he was like why are you smiling do you even have a pvc and then he just said just make sure that he walked to you and I was like was I supposed to do anything to him was I supposed to answer I was telling who I was going to vote for I didn't want to say that I will not get outside and then before you know what's happening I'm lynched on so yeah respect people's privacy very very important also I saw something there was a post I saw online about if you don't even have a pvc for whatever reason you are not able to get your pvc you can actually still support other people that are going out to vote on that day by encouraging them a few bottles of water to polling units hand people water hand snacks in whatever way it is that you can support right so I mean so that it's not that you are just sitting at home you are not exactly hoping that change comes when you are not doing anything so even if you don't have your pvc you can actually support one way or the other on Saturday and then also on the 11th of March as well please also remember that our phone lines are open you can call us on 070-2500 7490 you could also send us a WhatsApp or SMS to our lines and Twitter tells us as we show Africa with the hashtag ways show okay so I was also going to say writing on ballots paper we saw the video the Vox up when Dami went on the streets and had people with the specimen paper do the thumb prints thing I think a lot of people don't understand we are actually going to be talking about this later this week yes talking about how you should actually impress your thumb on the ballots paper because a lot of people don't understand did you see people some people only get like the tip some people will never get the food because they don't place their hands well on the stamp pad itself and you are saying something that sometimes the what's it called now that space where you have to be small that the boxes used to be square and really small so sometimes they would overlap into the next candidate is invalid so I like the fact that there's not that much space for you to just go in it so you would have to that's why the sensitization is necessary so that people do not do that without having that information and then render there their votes invalid I was also going to talk about the accreditation system that we are now using the beavers people also need to be aware that you need to go and make sure that you are actually accredited before you put out your votes maybe you were going to say something so I mean there are steps right so the first thing is when you arrive we all know voting staff at 830 so that's the first thing accreditation process is going to happen first before we begin the voting process so once you get to your polling unit you go to them they have the see that's why people need to go out early it's not by 5pm you'll now be thinking let me just think I should go and vote now you should set out early because before any chaos comes you're able to sort your thing out give your vote and then leave the place it's not even necessarily about chaos I think we just actually need to be disciplined enough to know that this thing starts at this time I'm hoping that your officials they won't have delay of election materials because it's 830 now what you're talking about he feels like anek isn't ready but I want to believe this is just how many days to go now four days to go what's that smell on your face NJ that's why I made this I listed out some of the things that the government or rather like the federal government or the electoral government need to get ready before and the thing about it is there's no way we're going to know until that day so if any excuse is going to come up it's going to come up that day or this delay but these are processes that we have done over time for years for a couple of years now so it's not even a couple of years like in now so it should be there should be a preparation I see it online that they are prepared because they say that is online until Saturday morning at 830 because they're going to be citizens that would be that patriotic to be there at 830 because they want to be done with the electoral process and back in their houses so there are people that are going to be there around that time now how from you're expecting that all to plans have been put in place in order to make sure that there's no delay but knowing Nigeria I know that there may be some delays I'm just hoping it's just going to be able something that we can manage and still be an hour delay that's okay but when voters are there by 830 and maybe at 1130 which is like there's not going to be a backup there's not going to be a backup so people at that time at 1130 people are frustrated they've been standing under the sun since they've been doing something else with their Saturday morning even though they chose to do this but that is not now in your place to frustrate that effort so I guess we'll have to find out on Saturday morning I want to believe that they are actually ready but then at the same time we as the voters also need to know what it is that we need to do as well so that's why I was talking about the accreditation so after the accreditation make sure that your name is on the the voters list that is also very very important first step you get to your polling units make sure that you are accredited through the BEVAS system and then check the voters list to make sure that your name is there after that you can now go and get authenticated on the BEVAS list I think there are two ways you can get authenticated through your finger prints or through your facials because at the point of registering for your PVC you did some form of biometrics so you can get authenticated through your facials or through your thumb prints once you've been accredited you have handed a ballot paper now this ballot paper is where you are going to see the names of all the candidates and the parties so there you can just pick the one that it is like you are voting for go to the voting cubicle make your choice in secrets and like Noma said, respect people's privacy I am really hammering on that respect people's privacy so going to the voting cubicle make your choice in secrets and drop your ballot paper inside the ballot box now after that you can either leave or you can say at least 300 meters away from the voting area so that you can actually witness the voting sort and the voting counting are you going to witness that? I would do my best I am not sure I would do my best, most of the time depending on the polling unit sometimes there are very few few enough that by 11 o'clock they they summarize their whole and they are ready to go so it depends on the crowd in the polling units close to you okay Noma I think you were talking remember the time where we the last election I think that was the first election that brought in the current president and in the era where I was saying there were a lot of people that were very willing to stay to the very end they stayed until the night because the people were coming in there were so many people coming in to vote and then when they started counting people were ready some people actually think we are blanking to stay and ensure that the votes were counted and that people were and the results everything was completed accordingly so I think we needed that spirit in the spirit of patrolling them for as many people that can stay out to ensure that the process is carried through thoroughly I would encourage that people are able to stay but if you feel that after you vote that you will fear for your safety in one way or the other then I would advise that you quickly move away from some of those areas and find a safe place to stay because we don't want people getting hurt in their attempt to carry out their civic duties I mean we remember our point that we started talking on about the Labour Party member who was coming out to campaign and his arm got amputated we don't want to see citizens have to go through trauma just because they want to exercise their civic duty so please as much as possible people can stay safe another point I wanted to add is that in the spirit of in the spirit of criticism please do not try to impersonate anyone a lot of people are going out trying to use other people's PVC to vote it is a criminal offence if you do not have PVC try to get yourself useful by supporting other people do not try to impersonate someone because at the end of the day but there might be criminal charges but against you you might be going to jail so I just wanted to point that out as part of the jokes that we should pay attention to and those times are people who are preparing to vote we have a call, Loman from Abia good evening my dear sister good evening Loman yes, this is Loman from Abia's church I like what you people are doing thanks but you know if we have to sanitize both of them we need to let them know number one at the polling booth sometimes you see the heavy weight men people with noddle but they do that they turn one side looking at you so we need to sanitize both of them at this time around but who is forcing you to vote against your conscience stood your ground and vote the right vote because sometimes they stay here to manipulate voter and secondly we need to sanitize voter but on that day whoever that vote come with this new money new redesigned money to trade you take this money and vote against your conscience collect the money vote the right vote it is between you and the ballot paper you stand there and vote and let nobody let them make sure nobody come there with camera because sometimes they will make sure they will send you so look to streets where you voting so please this sanitization of all that is very very important so that is still today so that is the end of the day we will not suffer we are suffering thank you so much Thank you although I don't know about supporting the part of collecting their money and still going to go and cast whatever vote it is you want to vote please don't take any money from anybody just vote your conscience go there exercise your civic responsibility vote your conscience at the time as well. So I'm fine on what's married. Do you have anything to share? It is interesting to share your location as much as you can with your family or friends and try and avoid trouble. Peace of mind. Very important. It doesn't matter who you're voting for. I would always say respect individual decisions about everything. So I wish everyone a successful election. And I hope it goes well. Thank you. N.J. I think Mary has said most of it. It's for us to just stay safe. Vote what I say your conscience. Vote who you would be able to stand by. That's how I would put it. It depends on what your conscience is telling you. You can tell you one thing and you decide to go the other way. Vote who you would be able to stand by. And yes, everyone needs to be safe. Don't forget your starter pack. Don't forget your election starter pack. And yeah, do what you have to do. No mind if I know what. I think I will say the concrete path and respect people's privacy. You know, be sensitive to what you are coming to do which is voting. And while you're doing that, please vote and pray. Pray is an action word. It's not just something that you just say. It's something that you do. So while you're voting, please believe that your vote will carry through and will make a difference. And while you're voting, stay on high alert. Be ready for anything. Avoid anything that will bring a problem to you. And like everyone say, please stay very safe. Thank you. Also let's stay away from voter suppression. And this is to the partisans particularly. Voter suppression through violence should not be tolerated on that day at all. Now before we go, do ensure you follow us on Instagram at Weshaw Africa. You can interact with us further. Drop a comment and most importantly follow all our social media engagements. Remember to like, share, comment so please don't forget to go out to cast your votes on Saturday and then on the 11th of March as well. This is also very important. If you miss today's quote here, it is again, the vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in the democratic society and we must use this as by John Lewis. Thank you so much ladies for joining us tonight and thank you to our viewers as well. See you tomorrow at 8pm as we bring another great conversation. See you tomorrow at 8pm as we bring another great conversation. See you tomorrow at 8pm as we bring another great conversation.