The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards from March 8 to March 22.
A terse statement on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to its Chairman, Kayode Idowu, said “the latest extension offers the last opportunity for registered persons to collect their PVCs before the March 28 and April 11 general elections.”
“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,” Idowu added.
The commission had last Wednesday said that it had succeeded in distributing 80.24 per cent of the PVCs to their owners.