The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would devolve Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)
collection to Registration Areas and Wards across the country, from Jan. 16.
The commission said in a
statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information
and Voter Education Committee, on Friday, in Abuja, that the deadline for
collection of PVCs was Feb. 8.
The statement said that decision
on the issue was taken at the commission’s weekly meeting held on Thursday in
Abuja.
It recalled that INEC carried out
Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) between April 27, 2017 and Aug. 31, 2018
during which a total of 14, 281,734 new voters were registered.
It stated that subsequently, the
commission printed the PVCs of the new registrants and delivered them to the
states.
It said, “Collection of PVCs by
the public which is being done presently at the Commission’s Local Government
offices is to be devolved to the 8,809 Registration Areas/Wards from Jan. 16 to
Jan. 21 (including Saturday and Sunday).
“After Jan. 21 collection of PVCs
will revert to the Commission’s Local Government Offices and other designated
centres to be determined by the states until Feb. 8, being the last day for
collection.
“There will be no extension for
the collection of PVCs after Feb.8. All uncollected PVCs will be retrieved and
kept in a secured place until the general elections are over.
“There shall be no collection of
PVCs by proxy.”
The commission said that in the
spirit of transparency, it would give account of the number of PVCs collected
and the balance from previous registrations.
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