• Assures readiness to conduct credible guber poll
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the electorate in Imo State of its commitment to conduct credible November 11 governorship election in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, gave the assurance while briefing newsmen at her office in Owerri, yesterday.
She urged eligible voters, who were yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so, disclosing that additional 29 designated centres have been created across the 27 councils of the state to encourage easy collections.
She disclosed that about 134,000 PVCs are yet to be collected in the state, adding: “issuance of PCVs has re-commenced in the state from September 11, which would run till October 9, Mondays through Fridays, between 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.”
She said: “As I had mentioned to you in our previous meetings, INEC in Imo State still has about 134, 000 uncollected PVCs across the 27 councils of the state.
“I, therefore, use this opportunity to once again urge Imolites to come for their PVCs at the respective INEC council offices but for Orsu Council whose distribution centre is here in the state INEC office.”
Agu noted that apart from the 27 council offices, INEC has also created some centres for PVC collection for registration areas, which have more than 1,000 uncollected PVCs.
She added: “Remember that PVCs are not collected by proxy, and it must be exchanged with the Temporary Voter Card. The Commission has gone a step further to harvest the phone numbers of owners of the uncollected PVCs in the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi where election will be held on November 11, 2023 and sent bulk SMS to the owners.”
