A video has surfaced showing a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, collecting money from registered voters before they can collect their Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC. The incident according to the video took place at the Commission’s PVC collection centre at Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. DAILY POST reports … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the extension of the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, nationwide. During its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, from the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Friday, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, indicated that … Read more
The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, ASSPT, has alleged increasing ethnic profiling of voters in the ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Lagos State. The group also accused INEC staff of colluding with politicians to deny some registered voters their PVCs. The Director of … Read more
The Imo State government has declared Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 public holidays to enable workers to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the coming elections. Briefing newsmen after the first Executive Council meeting this year on Wednesday, presided over by Governor Hope Uzodimma, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Declan … Read more
Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has declared Wednesday, a work-free day to enable civil servants to get their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which will ensure their participation in the upcoming general elections. This was announced in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday by the Kwara State Head … Read more
As the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, approaches, residents of Ondo State are yet to show up. Unlike the usual days when hordes of residents would be rushing to collect their PVCs, the narrative changed this time, as people shunned the locations. During … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate in Abia State, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, on Sunday, called on eligible citizens and residents of the state to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to enable them to exercise the civic rights and responsibilities in the forthcoming elections. Ogah, a former minister, made the call on Sunday … Read more
Ahead of the February elections, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi on Monday declared a two-day public holiday from Thursday to Friday to enable all civil and public servants, including schools, to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in the state. The governor stated this in a statement issued in Abakaliki by the Commissioner for Information … Read more
The Ogun State Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday as work-free days for workers in the state public service. This is to enable them visit the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) or other designated places to collect their permanent voter’s cards. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press … Read more
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Saturday approved Tuesday, January 24, 2023, as a work-free day for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in the state ahead of the forthcoming general elections. According to Akeredolu, the move would allow every eligible voter in the state to pick up their PVCs at the locations … Read more
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has raised an alarm over issues concerning the collection of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in Kaduna State. Elisha Rosi, the acting president of SOKAPU, in a statement, said: “We have been inundated with complaints that officials of INEC at some PVCs collection centres in some local government areas in … Read more