Abuja - The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second
phase of the distribution of Permanent Voter
Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration
(CVR) involving 12 states.
A statement in Abuja signed by Mr Kayode Idowu,
the Chief Press Secretary to Prof. Attahiru Jega,
the INEC Chairman, said the exercise would now
begin on Aug. 15.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the exercise was earlier scheduled to hold from
July 18 to July 20.
"PVCs will now be distributed at the polling unit
level in the affected states from Friday, Aug. 15 to
Sunday, Aug. 17, instead of July 18 to July 20 as
earlier scheduled,’’ the statement said.
It added that at the end of the polling unit level
distribution, uncollected PVCs would be taken to
the commission’s respective local government
offices for subsequent distribution.
The statement said the CVR in the affected states
would now be from Wednesday, Aug. 20 to
Monday, Aug. 25, instead of July 23 to July 27 as
earlier scheduled.
NAN reports that states in the second phase of
the programme are Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Sokoto,
Kwara, Anambra, Ebonyi, Ondo, Oyo, Delta and
Cross River, as well as the FCT.
The statement said new dates would be
announced later for the exercise in Adamawa,
Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Plateau, Nasarawa,
Niger, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Edo and Rivers.
This would be the exercise’s phase three.
- NAN
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