The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in
Taraba on Friday said 210,504 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are ready for
collection in the state.
Alhaji Baba Yusuf, the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, disclosed this at a news briefing in Jalingo.
Yusuf also announced that the
commission has decentralised the collection of PVCs to the registration
areas (ward level), to enable people who were yet to collect their PVCs
to do so ahead of the general elections.
“The Commission has decided to move the
collection of PVCs closer to the people beginning from Jan. 16, to
enable people collect their PVCs.
“Normally,
the collection of PVCs is done at the local government level, but the
Commission has decided to move it closer to the people at the
Registration Areas to encourage prospective voters to collect their
PVCs.
“The exercise will only last for five days
and I want to call on the people of the state to take advantage of the
opportunity to go to their various electoral wards and collect their
PVCs,” he said.
Yusuf, who assured the people of Taraba that
INEC would print out all PVCs before the elections, explained that the
distribution of PVCs would stop one week to elections.
He urged those who are yet to have their PVCs
printed to exercise patient as the commission was doing everything
possible to ensure that all those who registered during the Continuous
Voter Registration get their PVCs before the elections.