The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will resume distribution of Permanent Voters' Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states from September 11.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will commence distribution of permanent voters’ cards in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi from September 11, ahead of the governorship elections in the states.Sam Olumekun, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman information and voter education committee, in a statement on Tuesday, said the PVC distribution exercise will run for a period of four weeks from September 11 to October 9.
“In continuation of our preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Commission has approved the resumption of collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards for registered voters who could not collect their PVCs before the suspension of the exercise on 5th February 2023 ahead of the last General Election,” the statement reads.“The current exercise only covers the three States where Governorship elections will hold on Saturday 11th November 2023.
“The PVCs will be available for collection at all our Local Government area offices in the three States: eight in Bayelsa, 27 in Imo and 21 in Kogi. “In addition, the Commission has created other designated centres with a large number of uncollected PVCs. The details of all centres will be made available by the Resident Electoral Commissioners in the three States.“The Commission has earmarked week days from 9.00am to 3.00pm for the collection of PVCs for a period of four weeks from 11th September – 9th October 2023.”
The electoral body called on political parties and candidates to conduct themselves peacefully and avoid utterances and actions that could cause a breach of peace in their ongoing campaigns ahead of the polls.
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