INEC extends PVC collection date

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the country by additional two weeks.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Robert Idowu said, “The collection will continue until March 22nd 2015, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08th 2015.

This latest extension offers the last opportunity for duly registered persons to collect their PVCs before the general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, 2015.”

The brief statement concluded “INEC hereby calls on registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections.”