the Independent National Electoral
Commission closes today.
INEC had on March 8, 2015, extended
the deadline for collection of the card
across the country by additional two
weeks – from March 8 to March 22.
The card is a prerequisite for an eligible
voter to cast his vote in the elections.
A statement by the Chief Press
Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Mr.
Kayode Idowu, had said the latest
extension offered the last opportunity for
duly registered voters to collect their
PVCs before the general elections on
March 28 and April 11.
“INEC hereby calls on registered persons
that are yet to collect their PVCs to use
this last opportunity in doing so, in order
to participate in the forthcoming general
elections,” Idowu added.
The electoral commission had said it
had succeeded in distributing 80.24 per
cent of PVCs to their owners as of
March 4.
The figure indicated that 55,232,874 out
of the 68,833,476 registered voters had
picked their cards.
