The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the timeframe for the collection of PVCs by one week.
This was disclosed in a Press Release issued by INEC through their official Twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1613608527892811776?t=r8tT5mzS1hxNvQo8kt2iYA&s=19
INEC stated high turnout of people to collect their voter’s cards was one of the reasons for the extension as INEC says “100,000 PVs were collected in the last five days since the devolution started on Saturday 6th January 2023”.
As a result of this, Collection at the ward/registration Area which is supposed to end by January 16 will now end by January 22. In which the card will be transferred back to the local government level from January 23-29.
