2019 POLLS: Relief for voters as INEC extends collection of PVC till Feb 11

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended date for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to enable those yet to collect theirs to do so.

The collection of PVCs which was earlier scheduled to end Friday February 8, has now been extended nationwide till Monday February 11.

INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters, Abuja, explained that the extension includes Saturday and Sunday.

“We wish to reiterate that after the deadline of Monday 11th February 2019, all uncollected PVCs will be recalled and deposited with the CBN for safe-keeping until after the General Elections when the collection of cards and the continuous registration of voters will resume.

“Similarly, the commission is taking urgent steps to address complaints of unavailability of the PVCs of some registered voters before the end the deadline for the collection.

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“The commission wishes to reassure Nigerians that we will continue to take every necessary step to ensure that no registered voter is disenfranchised on account of non-collection of PVCs.

“Staff are enjoined to be civil in attending to citizens and to escalate issues that they cannot immediately resolve to their superiors.

“The collection of PVCs will now take place from 9am to 6pm daily. All State offices are hereby directed to review the procedure for the collection of PVCs and dedicate all the staff of the local government offices to the collection process.

“In the last couple of days, we have been inundated by calls, from Nigerians to review the current process of collection of Permanent Voters Cards. In response, the commission has taken these decisions”, he said.

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