Report by Mudasir Opeyemi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Friday, January 6th commence the distribution of Permanent Voters’ Card(PVC)to registrants at the 8,809 electoral wards across Nigeria.
According to the INEC’s Commissioner on Voter Education, Festus Okoye in a statement on Thursday noted that the excercise will come to an end on Sunday, 15th of January,2023
“The devolution of PVC collection to the wards commences tomorrow 6th January 2023, and all validly registered voters who are yet to collect their PVCs are encouraged to seize the opportunity of the devolution to the wards to do so.
“After the 15th of January 2023, the exercise will revert to the Local Government Offices of the Commission until 22nd January 2023. All eligible and valid registrants can collect their PVCs from 9.00am to 3.00pm daily, including Saturdays and Sundays” he said
Okoye further stressed that all those who applied for the replacement of lost, damaged, or defaced PVCs can collect their PVCs at the wards during the same period.
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He added that those that registered prior to the 2019 general elections and are yet to collect their cards can use the opportunity to get their PVC.
According to him,”the PVCs of those that applied for transfer are available for collection in the Local Governments and Registration Areas where they intend to vote and not in the State or Local Government where they carried out the transfer.”