The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that it plans to destroy uncollected permanent voter cards (PVCs). The commission stated the information is false and urged the public to disregard it.
The Independent National Electoral Commission , INEC , has denied reports suggesting its plan to destroy uncollected permanent voter cards , PVCs. In a statement released on Sunday, INEC labeled the information as false and urged the public to disregard it. The Commission stated, 'Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the Commission is contemplating the destruction of over six million uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) going back to the 2015 voter registration.
'The report is incorrect. At no time did the Commission contemplate the destruction of uncollected PVCs. The public is advised to discountenance the story,' Recall that INEC, in December 2024, proposed using computer-generated slips for voter accreditation during elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the introduction of the bimodal voter accreditation system, BVAS, necessitates reviewing the use of PVC as the sole voter identification method on election day. He added that the commission would soon present its electoral reform recommendations to the national assembly. Forty-eight hours before the 2023 presidential election, INEC announced that 87,209,007 PVCs had been collected nationwide. This data indicated that 93.3 percent of the 93,469,008 registered voters had obtained their PVCs. However, 6,259,229 PVCs, representing 6.7 percent, remained uncollected
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