The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) till January 23, 2023. This was announced in a statement on Thursday signed by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education, saying that the decision was taken by the increasing interest shown by registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards PVCs nationwide. The commission had earlier fixed December 12 to January 22 for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 LGAs.
Nigerian Electoral Body, INEC Extends Deadline For Collection Of Voter Cards, Says Over 13million Cards PrintedThis was announced in a statement on Thursday signed by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education, saying that the decision was taken by the increasing interest shown by registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards PVCs nationwide.
The commission had earlier fixed December 12 to January 22 for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 LGAs. “The Commission is determined to ensure that registered voters have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the forthcoming election. For this reason, the timeframe for collection of PVCs is extended by eight days. Instead of ending on Sunday 22nd January 2023, the collection of PVCs will continue until Sunday 29th January 2023. At the moment, the period of collection is 9.00am – 3.00pm daily .
Meanwhile, Okoye said the commission was investigating allegations of extortion by officials at some of the collection centres and inducement by some unscrupulous voters to circumvent processes in order to obtain their PVCs.Similarly, the commission, he said, was disturbed by allegations of discriminatory issuance of PVCs in some locations.
He explained that INEC has printed over 13.86 million new PVCs, but advised field officials to immediately notify their respective RECs should it emerge that some cards could not be located.
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