The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will resume the distribution of over 11 million uncollected permanent voter cards this month.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, in an interview with newsmen noted that all the uncollected PVCs were still locked up at the Central Bank of Nigeria as promised by the Commission until after the elections.
Okoye, however, noted that a supplementary election in Rivers State had yet to be concluded.
He said the collection of the PVCs will resume after the conclusion some of elections.
Speaking on PVCs destroyed at the INEC office in Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State few days before the elections began, the INEC commissioner said the cards had been reproduced for all the voters who submitted their names for new PVCs.
The INEC commissioner called for a multi-stakeholder approach to bolster voter registration and PVCs collections, adding that voters should refrain from waiting till the last minute to register for or collect their voter cards.
