Tag: PVC
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INEC warns against PVC purchase, hints on identity theft
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned anyone buying Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general election to desist, noting that identity theft may deprive many Nigerians from voting. The commission said such people are only wasting their time, energy and resources. Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, during a training…
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Ebonyi: INEC seeks stakeholders’ collaboration over PVC collection
INEC has called for effective collaboration with different stakeholders in Ebonyi to accelerate the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) by their owners ahead of the 2023 polls. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mrs Pauline Onyeka, made the call during an expanded stakeholders’ interactive meeting in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Onyeka said that…
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2023: INEC begins distribution of 98,890 PVCs in Jigawa
The Jigawa office of INEC has commenced the distribution of 98,890 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in the state, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof Muhammad Lawan, made this known at a news conference in Dutse on Monday. Lawan said the exercise would be conducted simultaneously at…
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No PVC, no vote – INEC tells electorate
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised people who have registered for their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to collect them, saying, “no PVC, no vote.”
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2023 Election: INEC won’t allow PVC collection by proxy
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would not allow collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by proxy. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kebbi State, Alhaji Ahmad Bello-Mahmud
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INEC laments poor rate of collection of PVC in Adamawa
The Adamawa office of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), has lamented the poor pace of collection of outstanding voter cards by the electorate in the state. Mallam Hudu Yunusa, the newly-deployed Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, expressed the concern at a news conference at the premises of the commission in Yola on Friday.…
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INEC begins display of voters register in Lagos State for claims, objections
INEC began the display of preliminary voters register across the 245 wards in Lagos State on Saturday for claims and objections. Its Public Affairs Officer in Lagos State, Mrs Adenike Oriowo told newsmen that the exercise was in line with the Electoral Law. She added that INEC officials would be available in each of the…
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INEC reacts on attacked office, says over 65,000 uncollected PVCs destroyed in our Ogun office
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says critical election materials were destroyed in the attack at the commission’s local government office in Ogun. The commission’s office had been gutted by fire in the early hours of Thursday after suspected hoodlums torched the facility. Festus Okoye, INEC’s commission for information and voter education, said over…
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Foreigners nabbed with illegally obtained voter’s cards in Oyo
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voter’s cards.
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Preliminary register of voters stands at 93.5m – Prof. Mahmood
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the number of registered voters in Nigeria, has risen from 84,004,084 to 93,522,272, following the addition of 9,518,188 newly registered voters. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC Chairman, said this at third quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 on Wednesday in Abuja. Yakubu said that the figure…