The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on
Wednesday said the issuance of Permanent Voters’ Cards
(PVCs) in Kaduna State would continue in areas the exercise
was yet to start.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the issuance
of the cards, which began on Monday, was scheduled to end
on Wednesday.
The commission had supplied only two million cards out of
the 3.5 million to be issued to verified voters in the state.
It had said that the balance of 1.5 million cards would be
supplied to it at a later date from Lagos.
Consequently, the issuance of the cards has not
commenced in many polling units across the state.
The commission, in a statement signed by the Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Haliru Tambawel, made available
to NAN in Kaduna, stated that lapses emanated from it and
would, therefore,“not penalise the general public through no
fault of theirs”.
It stated that the exercise would not end on Wednesday in
places it was yet to start.
It said “the commencement of the exercise in any local
government area, wards and polling units affected will be
the first day of the exercise in such areas”.
INEC also reminded prospective voters that the collection of
the PVCs was a continuous exercise until a day to the 2015
general election. (NAN)
Source: Vanguard
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