Browsing: PVC distribution

The soldier told the State and National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Enugu on Monday that Ujam was intercepted at Ozalla on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on March 28 while the election was going on

In the SMS sent out between Thursday night and Friday morning, INEC said: “PVC Pickup: WARDS. Don’t know your ward? www.inecnigeria.org or call 0700 CALL INEC (0700 2255 4632). Ends Sun, Mar 22nd. No PVC, No Voting

So, what Nigerians are now dealing with is Jega virtually legislating that you won’t be allowed to vote unless you present a PVC. Nonetheless, despite its pitfalls, failed tests, discriminatory distributions, warts and all, Nigerians now appear helpless and verged on playing along with this patent illegality. But shouldn’t that be on the proviso that Jega must demonstrate, before the elections, that he has achieved 100 per cent PVC distribution?

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, said one Ajiah Shakira Adewale tipped the police at Oghara that unknown gunmen have broken into INEC office and carted away 6,000 cards

Ban, in the statement, pointed out that the rapid distribution of PVCs to all eligible voters was imperative to ensure credible polls

Fashola, however, appealed to Nigerians to remain calm over the development, stressing the need for them to shun anything that could breach the peace

“Let’s see how the PVC (Permanent Voter Cards) distribution goes by February 8, then maybe,” Amina Zachary, a commissioner for INEC said on the sidelines of a news conference, when asked whether or not the date could be changed

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babangida Aliyu, Israel Ayegba Ebije, said the two days holiday is to enable eligible voters collect PVCs before the new deadline of February 8 set by the Independent National Electoral Commission

Correspondents of the News Agency of NIGERIA who visited some wards in the state report that the residents had different experiences at various centres

Akin Orebiyii, the Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the thinking known to the News Agency of Nigeria after meeting with the State Council of Obas and Chiefs in Ikeja

Jega disclosed this while responding to questions at the launch of “Mitigation of Violence in Election” organised by the International Foundation for Election System in Abuja

Malam Habu Zarma, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, disclosed this in Damaturu at a stakeholder’s workshop on the status of Internally Displaced Persons in the state

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barito Kphagih, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital

The Islamic leader also advised the electorate on the significance of the PVCs during the elections

Ayo Folami, Head Public Affairs and Voter Education of INEC in Oyo State, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Ibadan that the figure was the state INEC’s report as at December 2014

Before now, the distribution was done at the local government offices of the Commission since the end of distribution at the polling unit level

The disclosure came on the heels of President Goodluck Jonathan’s directive to the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to ensure that all eligible voters get their PVCs to enable them vote in the February general election

Jonathan gave the order when he swore in the new Commissioner representing Oyo State at INEC, Prof. Akinola Salau, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja

In a statement in Minna over the weekend, signed by the Publicity Secretary, Comrade Abdulazeez Salaudeen, the body condemned the decision of INEC for changing the date from December 12

The prominent Nigerlites, including the state Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, who has been urging the people to troop out once the exercise commences, were told that the distribution of the PVC would be restricted to some local government areas in the state