INEC extends PVC collection dateline, adds 2 working hours to officials
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the dateline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to 5th February 2023.
A statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of, the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the PVC collection earlier scheduled to end on 29th January is now to continue until 5th February,
“INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had on Friday said his meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) will deliberate on the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in its 774 Local Government Offices nationwide.
“Compiling reports from the various States and discussions with Resident Electoral Commissioners, the Commission has decided to further extend PVC collection in all its Local Government Offices nationwide by an additional one week,” Mr Okoye said.
“Collection period has further been extended by an additional two hours and will start at 9 am and end at 5 pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays.”
The official also assured that the commission would not print the PVCs of voters who engaged in double registration and would do everything possible to make sure eligible Nigerians vote in the election.
“The Commission will continue to act on all reported cases of sharp practices during the ongoing PVC collection and will ensure that no Nigerian is disadvantaged and all those that carried out valid registration have an opportunity of collecting their PVCs,” he added.