The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has moved the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to electoral wards for easy access to those who are yet to collect.
The new initiative commences on Friday January 6 and will end on Sunday January 15 across 8,809 registration areas and wards.
In a statement the Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Chief Festus Okoye said; 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 those that applied for replacement of lost, damaged, or defaced PVCs can collect their PVCs at the Registration Area/wards during this period and the same thing applies to those that registered prior to the 2019 general election and are yet to collect their cards”.
According to Okoye, 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.
The Commission appreciates the patience and understanding of Nigerians who trooped to our various Local Government Offices to collect their PVCs. In making the cards available for collection, the Commission is also working to ensure that the process is simple and hitch-free for Nigerians
