The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has printed permanent voter cards (PVCs)
for all newly registered voters between 2017 and 2018 and they are ready for
collection.
Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC chairman,
disclosed this on Friday in Abuja after the swearing-in of Rose Oriaran-Anthony
as the new secretary of the commission.
Yakubu said the PVCs of those who
requested for replacement and relocation of their cards had also been printed
and are ready for collection.
He said: “The commission has
printed all PVCs for new registrants between April 27, 2017 and Aug. 31, 2018.
”We have also printed all the
requests for replacement of lost cards, all requests for transfer and relocations.
”The last batch that we printed
were for those who applied for transfer and relocation, and those who applied
for replacement of damaged and defaced cards.
”This will be delivered
immediately after the Christmas break. So we are happy to say that all 14.5
million or so new registered voters have their cards printed and delivered to
the states. So we are good to go on that.”
Yakubu also spoke on the ongoing
strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its implications
on the 2019 elections.
He said the commission will meet
with union leaders in tertiary institutions for a way forward.
The INEC chairman said that the
ongoing strike was worrisome as the commission also sourced some of its
election ad hoc staff from the tertiary institutions.
“The bulk of the ad hoc staff
will be drawn from the National Youth Service Corps members but where there is
shortfall, and obviously there would be shortfall, we rely on the universities.
“Remember we also rely on the
universities to draw our collation and returning officers.
“So the ongoing strike is
worrisome in case some of them say because of the ongoing strike they will not
participate in the elections.
“But the ASUU has been a good
friend of the commission and we intend to meet with the President of the ASUU
next week so that we can discuss and iron this out.
”We will also extend it to the
lecturers of polytechnics and colleges of education so that we will meet with
the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education
Academic Staff Union (COEASU) and all other unions in the tertiary education
sub-sectors,” the INEC chairman said.
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