INEC Extends Deadline For PVC Collection

• INEC had fixed Sunday, January 29, as the deadline for the collection of voter cards.

• The electoral commission announced that it has extended the deadline in a statement on Saturday.

• The body said it made the decision to extend the deadline by a week after reviewing reports from various states and discussing with resident electoral commissioners.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs).

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This marks the second time the electoral commission will extend the deadline for PVC collection. The previous deadline was January 29.

INEC revealed the latest development in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, Saturday evening.

According to Okoye, the decision to extend the deadline was taken after a meeting on Saturday.

The new deadline for PVC collection is February 5, he said.

“The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal capital Territory, Abuja and deliberated on a number of 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.

“The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will therefore continue and end on 5th February 2023. This is the second time the Commission is extending PVC collection nationwide and this will be the last extension of the exercise.

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“Collection period has further been extended by an additional two hours and will start at 9am and end at 5pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays.”

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