The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted reports that it plans to destroy uncollected permanent voter cards (PVCs).
Speaking in a statement on Sunday, INEC called the reports making the rounds false and urged members of the public to disregard them.
“Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the Commission is contemplating the destruction of over six million uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) going back to the 2015 voter registration.
“The report is incorrect. At no time did the Commission contemplate the destruction of uncollected PVCs. The public is advised to discountenance the story,” it said.
After the 2023 general elections, INEC revealed that 87,209,007 PVCs had been collected nationwide.
The above figure indicated that 93.3 per cent of 93,469,008 registered voters had collected their PVCs but 6,259,229 PVCs, representing 6.7 per cent of PVCs remain uncollected.
