Independent National Electoral Commission

INEC had previously said it would end the PVC collection on 22 January, 2023 having started the process on 12 December, 2022.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Mr Okoye said INEC is impressed by the turnout of Nigerians in collecting their PVCs at the Ward level. “The Commission is encouraged by the turnout of registered voters and the surge in the number of collected PVCs across the country,” he said.

ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is investigating allegations of extortion of anxious registered voters waiting to collect ...

“Similarly, the Commission is disturbed by allegations of discriminatory issuance of PVCs in some locations. Nevertheless, issuing officers should compile any complaints about non-availability of cards and forward them to their immediate supervisors for the attention of Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) who shall compile and forward them for necessary action.” At the moment, the period of collection is 9.00am – 3.00pm daily (including Saturdays and Sundays).”

Nigerians are sure not relaxing, in the wake of the forthcoming 2023 general elections; This is as the electorates have taken time out of their busy ...

"I feel that INEC being a government institution should be more organised in the disbursement of the cards. [the security outfit](https://www.legit.ng/politics/1510966-2023-election-finally-dss-apprehends-plotters-attack-imo-inec-office/) has successfully arrested the mastermind of the INEC HQ in Imo state. [APC](https://www.legit.ng/tag/apc/), said those who are against the realisation of the 2023 election are non-state actors. writing down their names." So they mapped out two lines, transfer lines and collection lines." [Lagos](https://www.legit.ng/tag/lagos-state-news-today/) metropolis, gave their assessment for the process of collection of their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Oyo State today announced the extension of Collection of Permanent Voters' Cards (PVCs) in all the 351 ...

He however implored the electorate to make good use of the exercise as collection will not be by proxy adding that, the Commission has also received another batch of newly printed PVCs in the State. REC informed that collection of PVCs will revert to all the 33 INEC Local Government Area Offices from Monday 23rd January and end on Sunday 29th January 2023 with the same timing as mentioned above. Tella stated further that the exercise is for all eligible valid registrant, those that applied for replacement of lost, damage or defaced PVCs and those that registered prior to the 2019 General Election and are yet to collect their cards.

But why was the deadline extended? INEC gave two specific reasons why they gave Nigerians more time to get their PVCs. They are: Massive Voter Turnout. Since ...

Make the subscription of a lifetime This is to fish out INEC officials guilty of demanding bribes from voters for PVC collection. This was announced by the INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, [in a statement released](https://twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1613608527892811776?s=46&t=gx-ceFRXKV3lI5ywIAew6A) on January 12, 2023.

The Niger State Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that over 81000 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voters.

“The large turnout of eligible voters to collect their PVCs in Niger state is very encouraging. The REC stated the cards will enable voters during the election to elect credible candidates of their choice in the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections in the country.” Garki, however, urged residents and other eligible voters in the state to take advantage of the ongoing distribution of PVC’s at their ward level to collect their cards which would enable them exercise their franchise.

UNLESS more efforts are made by all stakeholders millions of the 93.469 registered voters may not take part in the 2023 general election. Reason: They do not ...

Abians are doing wonderfully well in the collection of their PVCs.” Also, 10,360, 5,949 and 30,053 were collected in the second, third and fourth weeks respectively, totalling 51,362 PVCs so far collected as of January 10, 2023. “We are making a lot of progress in Abia. There is nothing like that and it has no place in the present electoral arrangement that INEC has put in place. “We started this PVC distribution exercise on December 12, 2022, at local government offices of the INEC. “Though the majority of the people across the state are conducting themselves orderly and responsibly at the various collections there are still few recorded cases of unruly behaviour by some persons in certain places. As of January 11, only 70,155 fresh registration PVCs have been collected and 222,794 are yet to be collected. Agundu lamented the situation saying: “So far the level of collection is abysmally very poor and the attitude of the public towards the exercise is not encouraging especially in our collective quest for an inclusive and participatory election come February and March this year. We have also recorded a few cases of some persons attacking our issuing personnel in some places. For the transferred PVCs, only 68,993 have been collected while 168,476 are yet to be collected. If this trend continues and the lukewarm attitude is not checked we may have a situation where a large percentage of our people will not be participating in this election, especially with the present 2022 Electoral Act. “I wish to caution against the unfounded story going around that people coming to collect PVCs should not accept to sign or thumbprint as evidence of their collection, that their signatures or thumbprint will be used to rig this election.

The residents, who spoke in separate interviews on Friday, described the extension as a "welcome development".

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. [States](https://gazettengr.com/abakaliki-residents-commend-inec-on-extension-of-pvc-collection-date/) [Abakaliki residents commend INEC on extension of PVC collection date ](https://gazettengr.com/abakaliki-residents-commend-inec-on-extension-of-pvc-collection-date/) Mr Okoye added that the commission was investigating allegations of extortion by officials at some of the collection centres and inducement by some unscrupulous voters to circumvent processes to obtain their PVCs. “The commission should leverage the extension to address the challenges affecting the distribution and collection of the voter cards as well as close-up other administrative lacuna working against the exercise in Ebonyi,” Mr Elom said. “It is pertinent that the staff and management of the commission do the needful to eliminate all encumbrances that militate against the smooth collection exercise,” Mr Onwe said. The PVC collection commenced on January 5, and was due to end on January 22, before the commission announced the deadline extension to January 29.

The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the collection of Permanent Voter's Cards by eligible Nigerians by one week ...

Adeniran used the occasion to enjoin the monarch to help reach out to his subjects in the state on the need to collect their PVCs, noting that “the essence of voter’s registration is defeated if the enabling material to cast votes on elections day (PVC) is allowed to waste away in the custody of the electoral body”. He remarked that the Obas own the towns and the people which is why they are seen as part of the critical stakeholders in driving the cause of credible electoral process. I want to charge you to ensure the one being looked forward to in a couple of weeks time is also better than what we had in 2019.

The Director of Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Victor Aluko, has said the commission extended the Permanent ...

And the stand of the Commission is that any of our staff that is found to have done such a thing, would be punished, would be duly punished, and even prosecuted, because it is against the law to deny eligible persons from collecting their PVCs. Such a staff in any part of the country will be punished, I assure you,” he said. The INEC official said, “Well, what is giving us concern, is this type of fake news.