Kogi/Bayelsa Election: No Reason To Extend Deadline For Collection

– INEC said that it has no reason to extend deadline for collection of PVC

– We held market outreaches, we called some of the card owners on phone and we also sent out SMS to some of them

– As at today, there is no reason whatsoever for extending the deadline for the collection of the PVCs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it has no reason to extend the Sept. 30, deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Kogi and Bayelsa States.

The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye made this known on Monday in Abuja.

“We held market outreaches, we called some of the card owners on phone and we also sent out SMS to some of them.

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“We approached community leaders in all those places, we also cascaded them to all the places we believe the owners of those PVCs are.

“So, as at today, there is no reason whatsoever for extending the deadline for the collection of the PVCs.

“We have given people sufficient time to do that. We kept reminding them on daily basis and we were giving a countdown on the deadline in each of the states.

“We have also been informing Nigerians the number of PVCs collected and those yet to be collected,”Okoye said.