INEC Extends PVCs Collection Deadline

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
extended the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, which
hitherto ended today, by two more days.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this
on Friday, in Abuja.
He was speaking at a regular meeting with the Resident Electoral
Commissioners (RECs) of INEC across the country and FCT.
According to him, the meeting, coming just a week to the General
Elections, was to have a final review of preparations for the
elections.
“In the last couple of days, we have been inundated by calls from
Nigerians to review the current process of collection of Permanent
Voters’ Cards.
“In response, the Commission has taken the decision that the
collection of PVCs scheduled to end today Friday 8th February 2019
is hereby extended nationwide to Monday 11th February 2019. This
will include Saturday and Sunday.
“The collection of PVCs will now take place from 9am to 6pm daily.
All state offices are hereby directed to review the procedure for the
collection of PVCs and dedicate all the staff of the Local
Government offices to the collection process. Staff are enjoined to
be civil in attending to citizens and to escalate issues that they
cannot immediately resolve to their superiors,” Yakubu said.