The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) to Feb. 5.
This is the second time the electoral umpire will extend the deadline for PVC collection. The previous deadline was Jan. 29.
In a statement on Saturday, Festus Okoye, National Commissioner, and Chairman of, the Information and Voter education committee, said the decision was taken after a meeting on Saturday.
The statement reads, “The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after it met with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and deliberated on several issues, including the reports from RECs on the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in its 774 Local Government Offices nationwide,” the statement reads.
“It will be recalled that at the meeting with RECs on Friday, 28th January 2023, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu indicated that the Commission will not hesitate to consider additional measures to ensure that all citizens have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the General Election.
“Having reviewed reports from all the States of the Federation, the Commission is encouraged by the progress made so far as more Nigerians troop out daily to collect their PVCs.
“Arising from 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.”
