INEC Says PVCs of 12 Million Voters Remain Uncollected

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that twelve million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) had not been collected by registered voters across the country. INEC’s Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Nick Dazang also revealed that INEC was making plans to ensure that the cards were fully distributed before the end of 2016. Dazang, who explained that this would be done alongside continuous voter registration, stated that the commission was already deliberating on the matter, but was yet to take a final decision regarding when and what modalities would be necessary to carry out the exercises. According to him, “What the commission wants is to conduct a nationwide continuous voter registration after Ondo and Edo states governorship elections. “However, we are yet to take a decision on when it will flag off, but certainly it is going to be after the two elections. “We are still working out modality and the budget for the exercise.’’