Tag Archives: Permanent Voter Cards

Zamfara declares Friday as work free day to obtain PVC

The Zamfara Government has declared Friday, September 1, as work free day to enable eligible voters obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The government has also announced reduction in work hours for its workers from 4 pm to 12 noon on Wednesday and Thursday. The state Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Wakkala made the announcement on Tuesday in Gusau during a stakeholders ...

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INEC to display names of registered voters for first quarter, seeks support

The display of names of newly registered voters and hearing of claims and objections is scheduled for later this month and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the public to report cases of underage registration. Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC Chairman, made the appeal, on Thursday, while addressing a session via video at the ongoing 4th edition of Social Media ...

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INEC dissociates self from photos of under-aged voting, blames SIECs

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has dissociated itself from the current videos and pictures in the social media platforms, showing under-aged persons thumb-printing ballot papers and voting in an election. INEC made the clarification in a statement signed by its Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in Abuja, on Tuesday. Osaze-Uzzi said the images, which had gone viral, ...

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2019 Elections: Lagos gets 30 more DDC machines for voters’ registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received and deployed 30 additional Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines to boost the ongoing continuous voters’ registration in Lagos State. INEC’s spokesman in the state, Femi Akinbiyi, disclosed this, on Sunday, in Lagos. “We have received additional 30DDC machines to boost the registration of eligible voters in the state. “The machines ...

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