Plateau State Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has received another batch of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) amounting to over three hundred and sixty-two thousand, four hundred and sixty-five (362,465) for distribution soon.
The Plateau State Resident Commissioner of INEC, Dr. Oliver Tersoo Agundu, disclosed this Monday, while addressing journalists at a press briefing organised by INEC at the INEC Secretariat in Jos, the state capital.
He said, “Let me at this juncture inform you that we have just taken delivery of another batch of PVCs totallying three hundred and sixty-two thousand, four hundred and sixty-five (362,365) of those that registered newly this year as well as cases of transfers and replacement.
“As announced by headquarters few days ago, there shall by Nationwide commencement of PVCs collection on Monday December 12 to Monday January 23, 2023, at the headquarters of the 774 Local Government Areas across the country.
“The Commission has also announced that PVCs collections will be devoid to 8,809 Registrations Areas/Wards from Friday January 6 to Sunday 15, 2023. I hereby invite you once again to help us create more awareness in this regard especially here in Plateau State”, he appealed.
The REC also disclosed that Plateau would receive the share of BVAS before the end of the week as the most critical component of the electoral process. “Let me also bring to your notice that there is no going back on the use of BVAS for the 2023 general election,” the REC said
“Candidates should not deceive themselves but concentrate their energy on campaigns within the provisions of the Electoral Act to canvass for votes, as everything will be transparent and in fairness to all parties. It is thus, from the foregoing, that I wish to draw your attention to the Electoral Act, which has also come to stay,” Agundu advised.
Responding on behalf of the journalists on the Plateau, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Paul Jatau, assured the REC of doing justice to information dissemination. He called him to synergize with the Union by ensuring that journalists are protected during and after the general elections come 2023.
