{"id":8822,"date":"2018-03-13T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T20:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=8822"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T20:03:41","slug":"inec-to-burn-uncollected-pvcs-before-2019-elections-do-you-support-this-move","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/inec-to-burn-uncollected-pvcs-before-2019-elections-do-you-support-this-move\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC to burn uncollected PVCs before 2019 elections – Do You Support This Move?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be compelled to burn unclaimed Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) across the country before the 2019 general elections to prevent electoral manipulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This was disclosed by the Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in\u00a0Ondo State,\u00a0Dr Rufus Akeju, who advised Nigerians to go to INEC offices to claim their PVCs before the elections next year.<\/p>\n

While speaking to journalists in\u00a0Akure\u00a0on Monday, March 12, 2018, Dr Akeju said the commission is making relentless efforts to contact affected Nigerians to claim their voter’s card.<\/p>\n

He revealed that if the cards remain unclaimed, the commission will be compelled to burn the cards to prevent unscrupulous elements from using them to commit electoral fraud.<\/p>\n

Dr Akeju also expressed how worrisome it is to discover that there are hundreds of thousands of unclaimed PVCs in Ondo State alone.<\/p>\n

He said,\u00a0“Out of 1,659,186 registered voters in Ondo State, only 1,288,722 people have collected the PVCs while the remaining 370,464 have their voters’ cards uncollected.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Even though he never revealed how close to the election the cards will have to be burnt, he said the burning process\u00a0“would be made open for all Nigerians to witness.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Akeju also noted that INEC will investigate the reasons for the high number of unclaimed PVCs around the country.<\/p>\n

While explaining the commission’s efforts towards conducting free, fair and credible elections in 2019, he said additional card readers have been provided\u00a0“in case one is malfunctioning in a particular unit.”<\/em><\/p>\n

1.4 million PVCs still uncollected in Lagos \u2014 INEC<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Tuesday said about 1.4 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were still uncollected in the state.<\/p>\n

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Mr. Olumekun, who decried the apathy to the electoral processes, urged eligible residents to be involved in determining those that would represent them in government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people\u2019s power is their votes; they should use their votes to determine what they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important for people to get involved. In Lagos, we have about 1.4 million PVCs uncollected, we encourage people to come and collect their PVCs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever we are doing the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration now, these cards are there for their owners to pick them up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are imploring all stakeholders in this business to educate and sensitise the people because it is important to get our democracy working.<\/p>\n

\u201cINEC has been deepening the process of democracy and it is the responsibility of the citizens to support INEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cSensitisation, mobilisation and education is not the business of INEC alone, it is the business of every interest group for people to come out and perform their civic responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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