2023: INEC Moves Collection Of Pvcs To Wards, Establishes Collation Centre Commission

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2023: INEC Moves Collection Of Pvcs To Wards, Establishes Collation Centre Commission

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has moved the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) to the 8,809 registration wards across the country.

The commission, in December 2022, fixed December 12 to January 22 for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 local government areas.

INEC, at the time, said that it would devolve collection of PVCs to the 8,809 registration areas/wards from January 6 to January 15, 2023, after which the exercise will revert to the LGA offices until January 22 when the process will end, The Punch reports.

In a statement signed by Festus Okoye, national commissioner and chairman, information and voter committee, on Thursday, January 5, INEC called on all eligible registrants to collect their PVCs from registration areas from Friday, January 6.

“All those that applied for replacement of lost, damaged, or defaced PVCs can collect their PVCs at the registration area/wards during this period and the same thing applies to those that registered prior to the 2019 general election and are yet to collect their cards,” the statement reads.

“The PVCs of those that applied for transfer are available for collection in the local governments and registration areas where they intend to vote and not in the state or local government where they carried out the transfer.

“The commission appreciates the patience and understanding of Nigerians who trooped to our various local government offices to collect their PVCs.

“In making the cards available for collection, the commission is also working to ensure that the process is simple and hitch-free for Nigerians.”

The commission also announced that the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja will serve as the national situation room and collation centre for the 2023 general election.

INEC added that it has, therefore, established two committees.

The first is the collation centre committee, which will be responsible for the collation of presidential results from the states, adding that Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, will be the chairman of the committee.

The second is the situation room and collation centre committee, which will be responsible for the preparation of the venue, seating arrangement, utilities and services, security, the accreditation of party agents, national and international observers, and the media.

Members of this committee include May Agbamuche-Mbu, national commissioner, who will serve as chairman, as well as Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, national commissioner, and Festus Okoye.