INEC Reschedules PVC Collection, Voters Registration In 8 States

The Independent National Electoral
Commission said the distribution of
Permanent Voter Card should commence
in all local government areas of Kano,
Edo, Plateau, Ogun and Imo states from
November 7 to 9.
The daily bulletin of the commission,
issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said the
approval was given at a meeting held by
the commission on Tuesday.
It added that the commission also
approved that the distribution of PVCs
should commence in some areas in
Lagos, Rivers and Nasarawa states on
the same date.
“The commission has approved that the
distribution of PVCs in Katsina, Niger,
Kaduna, and Borno states should be re-
scheduled to take place in November
from 28 to 30, 2014.
“It also approved that the Continuous
Voter Registration (CVR) in those states
should be re-scheduled from Dec. 3 to
8, 2014 respectively”, it said.
It added that the CVR in Adamawa
should begin on November 12 and end
on November 2014.
The commission had previously
scheduled the distribution of PVCs and
the CVR to begin in 13 states on
November 7 and 12 respectively.
The states are Adamawa, Borno,
Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Plateau,
Nasarawa, Niger, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Edo
and Rivers. (NAN)