A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the President Bola Tinubu/APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council, Engineer Atinuke Owolabi, has expressed concern over low voter turnout in Aramoko-Ekiti during the 2023 presidential election, saying about 73 per cent of registered voters in the community did not participate.
Owolabi, who is also the convener of PBAT-MOB Aramoko Community Engagement, spoke during an APC voter education exercise and community engagement programme held in Aramoko, Ekiti Central Senatorial District, over the weekend.
The programme, organised in support of the re-election bids of President Tinubu and Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, was held under the theme, “My Vote, My Voice.”
Owolabi, who also represents the South-West as a member of the North Central Development Commission, said voter education was essential to strengthening democracy, particularly in rural communities where inadequate information about electoral procedures could discourage participation or result in invalid votes.
Presenting figures from the 2023 presidential election, she said Ekiti State had 988,923 registered voters, out of whom 315,058 were accredited, while 308,171 valid votes were recorded and 6,301 ballots were rejected.
She said available ward-level records for Aramoko I and Aramoko II showed a combined 17,426 registered voters, compared with 4,680 votes reportedly cast during the presidential election.
