The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it won’t allow collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by proxy.
This claim was made by INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kebbi State, Alhaji Ahmad Bello-Mahmud, in an interview with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
Admitting that 67,317 PVCs were still in its offices awaiting collection by their owners, the REC said that the commission would only hand over the cards to their rightful owners.
Bello-Mahmud said that the hitherto practice of PVCs being given to party agents, district and village heads for onward distribution to their owners in the various wards, villages and polling units was no longer tenable
“For you to get your PVC, you have to personally come forward and collect it yourself. We have emphasised this in a lot of forum, workshops among others.
“Distribution of voter cards by proxy is no longer acceptable. What we have now is personal collection. Come and collect your own card, don’t send anybody,” he advised.
On the issue of multiple registration, the commissioner explained that “the kind of machines available now is capable of detecting double registration”, stressing that the new technology had taken care of people intending multiple registration.
