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INEC extends PVC collection in Edo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to Sept. 15 in Edo, preparatory to the state’s governorship election on Sept. 21. INEC National Commissioner Sam Olumekun announced this in Benin, noting that the extension would begin from Sept. 13. Olumekun said that stakeholders unanimously appealed to the commission to consider an extension…
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Deadline: 87.8% PVCs collected in Lagos State-INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says a total of 6,708,451 voters collected the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) out of the 7,637,402 voters that registered in the state. Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Lagos State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that the figure represented 87.8…
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We have barely 200,000 uncollected PVCs in Enugu State — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has 203,921 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) within its 17 local government offices in Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the collection of PVCs had gone back to INEC local government offices throughout the state from the ward levels from Jan. 23; and the exercise would end on…
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Gov. Ayade declares work-free days for PVC collection
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 as work-free days in the state to enable civil and public servants to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Eric Anderson, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, on Friday, in Calabar. Ayade said the work-free days became necessary…
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PVC collection: Community leader in Edo calls for increased sensitisation in rural areas
The leadership of Obateru, an agrarian community near Gelegele in Ovia North Local Government Area of Edo, has called for increased sensitisation in the rural area on the need for collection of the permanent voter cards (PVCs) ahead o the general elections. The community’s acting Odionwere (Head), Emmanuel Uwagboe, made the call in a statement made available to the News…
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INEC seeks stakeholder collaboration over PVC collection in Oyo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for the cooperation of different stakeholders in Oyo to improve the turnout for the collection of the Permenant Voter Cards (PVCs). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Adeniran Tella, made the call at the Ibadan/Ibarapa zonal stakeholders’ forum on Thursday in Ibadan. According to the News Agency of Nigeria…
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INEC shifts deadline for PVCs collection to Jan. 29
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the timeframe for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) nationwide by eight days. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting on Thursday, to give registered voters ample opportunity to collect…
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PVC Collection: Ahead deadline, LG chairmen, party chieftains intensify sensitisation
As the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) nears, more local government chairmen and political party executives in Lagos are mobilising residents to pick up their cards. INEC fixed Dec. 12, 2022 till Jan. 22, 2023 for PVC collection in all its 774 local government offices nationwide daily, including Saturdays and Sundays. The exercise moved to the 8,809 registration areas…
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LG chairmen, lawmaker move to ensure residents collect PVCs in Badagry
Some elected office holders in Badagry have begun mobilising residents in the area to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in order to vote during the general elections. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),The elected office holders including Chairmen of Badagry Local Government, Badagry West Local Council Development Authority and the lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency 2, told the…
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661,783 PVCs remain uncollected in Edo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, said that 661,783 old and new Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in the state as at Dec.31, 2022. Mr Timidi Wariowie, the Head, Voter Education and Publicity of Edo INEC office, made this known in its PVC daily report analysis made available to newsmen on Monday in Benin.…
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CLO urges INEC to monitor staff frustrating smooth collection of PVCs
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor its staff frustrating the smooth collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in parts of the South-East. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday on the ongoing collection…
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Anambra: 81,778 newly printed PVCs available for collection – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. The commission disclosed this a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election” signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja. Okoye said…
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700,000 yet to collect PVCs in Oyo – INEC
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Mutiu Agboke, said on Wednesday at least 700,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have not been collected in the state. Agboke disclosed this at a media briefing on the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise held at the INEC Collation Centre in Ibadan, the state capital. He said the current security…
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140,000 APC votes voided in Edo, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says 140,000 APC votes were voided in the last presidential election, saying in spite of that, the state was the only one in the entire South South and South East geopolitical regions to give the President-elect, Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari over 45% of the votes cast. In a broadcast to thank the people of the…
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There are strange PVCs in Ogun, Amosun cries out again
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extend deadline for the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards to Sunday, March 22, the Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has insisted that alien cards were brought to the state. The governor, while speaking in Ipokia Local Government Area of the state, during his campaign tour of the area faulted the electoral…
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Jonathan, PDP not ready for 2015 elections – Rivers APC
The Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya has declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not ready for the 2015 general elections. Dr Ikanya made this known today in a press statement signed by his Senior Special Aide on Media and Public Affairs, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, saying “this explains the desperation…
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Card readers malfunction, 75% PVCs unverified as INEC tests card readers
Voters in Niger State were this afternoon disappointed over the gross failure of card readers of the Inependent National Electoral Commission failed to verify more than 75 percent of voters who came for a mock voting session. According to the voters, drawn from different political parties, the card readers drag beyond the stipulated time, slowing down the voting process, and…
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