The independent national electoral commission, INEC has moved to extend the collection of Permanent Voters Card, PVC by one week.
It will be recalled that the commission initially slated the closing date for PvC collection to be on the 29th of January, 2023. In a recent statement issued by the commission, it was made known that the extension till February 5 was considered in a bid to allow the majority take part in the voting exercise.
INEC said I’m a statement: “The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal capital Territory, Abuja and deliberated on a number of issues, including the reports from RECs on the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards in its 774 Local Government Offices nationwide. “It will be recalled that at the meeting with RECs on Friday, 28th January 2023, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu indicated that the Commission will not hesitate to consider additional measures to ensure that all citizens have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the General Election. “Having reviewed reports from all the States of the Federation, the Commission is encouraged by the progress made so far as more Nigerians troop out daily to collect their PVCs.“Arising from reports from the various States and discussions with Resident Electoral Commissioners, the Commission has decided to further extend PVC collection in all its Local Government Offices nationwide by an additional one week. The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will therefore continue and end on 5th February 2023. This is the second time the Commission is extending PVC collection nationwide and this will be the last extension of the exercise. Collection period has further been extended by an additional two hours and will start at 9am and end at 5pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays. Those that engaged in double and multiple registration should not bother visiting any of the Commission’s Offices as the Commission did not print their PVCs. The Commission will continue to act on all reported cases of sharp practices during the ongoing PVC collection and will ensure that no Nigerian is disadvantaged and all those that carried out valid registration have an opportunity of collecting their PVCs. The Commission once again salutes the patience and doggedness of citizens.”
“Presidential and National Assembly elections are exactly a month from today. But the PVC collection ends in just 4 days. Please, make it count”, Ebuka tweeted. See post below; 
Reports have it that a lot of Nigerians are having difficulties collecting their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) and have accorded blames to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the delay. The mother of Simi shared her ordeal in a tweet on Facebook where she disclosed she has gone through a lot of difficulties to get a transfer of PVC. She attributed the stress she was put through to giving her blood in exchange for it. She added that after the stress, she got her PVC. She further encouraged the public to go for the PVC. She wrote: “#PVCCollection see the way I held on to my PVC. I did transfer and almost gave blood to collect it today. I had to go to 4 centres via bus to eke nape to okay to taxi. From 10 am-3 pm but the joy I felt when I got it made up for it. I refused to give up. Go and collect your PVC.” 
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