INEC Extends PVC's Collection Dates To March 8

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on monday said: Collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will continue till March 8.

The extension date followed the postponement of the elections till March 28 and April 11, although the PVCs collection was initially due to end last Sunday.

The commission’s secretary Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu in a statement yesterday, said it hoped that “this extension will finally avail every registered person yet to collect his/her PVC the opportunity to do so in readiness for the general elections”.

The INEC chairman’s Chief Press Secretary Mr. Kayode Idowu, said the problem was not that the cards were not readily available “but the question still remains the collection by the owners’’.

The Chief press secretary Mr. Kayode Idowu said the commission would do its best to ensure that registered voters received their PVCs, given the extension in the election dates.

However, he said the collection of PVCs was not one of the reasons why the election dates were rescheduled, adding that 68.7 per cent of PVCs had been collected as at Feb. 6.

“By the time we add the figure for Saturday, you can be sure that it would have reached 70 per cent.“Even with all complaints, the rate is not bad as people are talking about it.’’

He also added that the commission would use the extension period to improve on its preparations to achieve success in the forthcoming general elections.

Culled from the nation